… Students from epidemiology and health sciences would probably need some review of
basic mathematics, and a course for students with a meagre mathematical background should …

… This book is intended as a comprehensive text on mathematical epidemiology. However, it
… on mathematical epidemiology or as a supplemental text to an undergraduate mathematical …

… We give a brief outline of some of the important aspects of the development of mathematical
epidemiology. … What is usually described as the first model in mathematical epidemiology is …

… As the mathematical analysis of epidemiological models … account of the contributions of
mathematics to epidemiology and … Epidemiology and mathematical epidemiology appear to have …

… that a certain background in mathematics is required, and we … epidemiology and to theoretical
biologists and epidemiologists with a strong inclination to persevere when mathematical …

… The term "individual" in epidemiology is broadly understood to include various … to
mathematical epidemiology which includes the development of mathematical models for …

The goal of this book is to interest students of mathematics and public health professionals
in the modeling of infectious diseases transmission. We believe that some knowledge of …

… more than anyone else the guiding force in mathematical epidemiology. I should also like to
… on mathematical epidemiology, as well as in a number of books on mathematical modeling. …

We discuss to what extent disease transmission models provide reliable predictions. The
concept of prediction is delineated as it is understood by modellers, and illustrated by some …