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Modeling to inform infectious disease control / Niels G. Becker.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Chapman & Hall/CRC biostatistics seriesPublication details: Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2015.Description: xi, 207 p. : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781498731065
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 000SB:616.9 23 B395
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Minor outbreaks when infectives are homogeneous -- 3. Minor outbreaks in a community of households -- 4. Minor outbreaks when individuals differ -- 5. Transmission intensity function -- 6. Partially effective vaccines -- 7. Social distancing -- 8. Reducing epidemic size -- 9. Dynamics of infection incidence -- 10. Using data to inform model choice -- Terminology and notation -- References -- Subject index.
Summary: The book presents a way of modeling as well as modeling results that help to guide the effective management of infectious disease transmission and outbreak response. It discusses the requirements for preventing epidemics and ways to quantify the impact of preventative public health interventions on the size and dynamics of an epidemic. The book also illustrates how data are used to inform model choice.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction --
2. Minor outbreaks when infectives are homogeneous --
3. Minor outbreaks in a community of households --
4. Minor outbreaks when individuals differ --
5. Transmission intensity function --
6. Partially effective vaccines --
7. Social distancing --
8. Reducing epidemic size --
9. Dynamics of infection incidence --
10. Using data to inform model choice --
Terminology and notation --
References --
Subject index.

The book presents a way of modeling as well as modeling results that help to guide the effective management of infectious disease transmission and outbreak response. It discusses the requirements for preventing epidemics and ways to quantify the impact of preventative public health interventions on the size and dynamics of an epidemic. The book also illustrates how data are used to inform model choice.

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