A Historical Introduction to Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases
Seminal Papers in Epidemiology

A comprehensive reference that details the origins and evolution of the field of epidemiology and how it meets modern day applications

Ivo M. Foppa (Author)

9780128022603

Paperback, published 24 October 2016

214 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.5 cm, 0.34 kg

Approx.198 pages

1. D. Bernoulli: A pioneer of epidemiologic modeling (1760)2. P. D. En’Ko An early transmission model (1889)3. W.H. Hamer (1906) and H. Soper (1929): Why diseases come and go4. W. O. Kermack and A. G. McKendrick: A seminal contribution to the mathematical theory of epidemics (1927)5. R. Ross (1910, 1911) and G. MacDonald (1952) on the persistence of malaria6. M. Bartlett (1949), N.T. Bailey (1950,1953) and P. Whittle (1955): Pioneers of stochastic transmission models7. O. Diekmann, J. Heesterbeek, and J. A. Metz (1991) and P. Van den Driessche and J. Watmough (2002): The spread of infectious diseases in heterogeneous populations

Subject Areas: Infectious & contagious diseases [MJCJ], Epidemiology & medical statistics [MBNS]