Modeling Disease Spread and Control

Mathematical models are useful tools to understand the epidemiology and agent-host interaction of diseases. They are developed and applied since over a century, but with increasing computer capacity, they become increasingly prominent as part of evidence based decision making. Mathematical models ar...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
Series:Frontiers Research Topics
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