▪ Abstract Mammals are exposed to a diverse array of parasites and infectious diseases,
many of which affect host survival and reproduction. Species that live in dense populations …

Mathematical models of viral transmission and control are important tools for assessing the
threat posed by deliberate release of the smallpox virus and the best means of containing an …

The reemergence of tuberculosis (TB) from the 1980s to the early 1990s instigated extensive
researches on the mechanisms behind the transmission dynamics of TB epidemics. This …

HIV transmission models have become very complex. The behavior of some of these models
may only be explored by uncertainty and sensitivity analyses, because the structural …

Paula A. Treichler has become a singularly important voice among the significant theorists
on the AIDS crisis. Dissecting the cultural politics surrounding representations of HIV and …

Five SIRS epidemiological models for populations of varying size are considered. The
incidences of infection are given by mass action terms involving the number of infectives and …

A compartmental model is presented for the spread of HIV in a homosexual population
divided into subgroups by degree of sexual activity. The model includes constant recruitment …

This paper examines the influence of sexual contact patterns (mixing matrices) on the
pattern of the AIDS epidemic in a male homosexual community via numerical studies of a …

In this paper we wish to develop three themes, each having to do with evolutionary aspects
of associations between hosts and parasites (with parasite defined broadly, to include …

The spread of HIV-1 in Africa is examined here in the light of recent information on the main
epidemiological and behavioural determinants of transmission. Mathematical models …