Biological rhythms, from circadian control of cellular processes to annual cycles in life
history, are a main structural element of biology. Biological rhythms are considered adaptive …

This timely book covers the basic concepts of the dynamics of epidemic disease, presenting
various kinds of models as well as typical research methods and results. It introduces the …

The notion of a critical community size (CCS), or population size that is likely to result in long-
term persistence of a communicable disease, has been developed based on the empirical …

Sub‐Saharan Africa harbours the majority of the burden of Lassa fever. Clinical diseases, as
well as high seroprevalence, have been documented in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia …

Patterns of contact in social behaviour and seasonality due to environmental influences
often affect the spread and persistence of diseases. Models of epidemics with seasonality …

Resonance between some natural period of an endemic disease and a seasonal periodic
contact rate has been the subject of intensive study. This paper does not focus on resonance …

Summary 1 Recent studies of rodent populations have demonstrated that certain parasites
can cause juveniles to delay maturation until the next reproductive season. Furthermore, a …

Lassa fever is a zoonotic debilitating disease with huge human and economic loss in the
tropics. This work presents a mathematical model describing the transmission of Lassa fever …

Investigating the seasonality of disease incidences is very important in disease surveillance
in regions with periodical climatic patterns. In lieu of the paradigm about disease incidences …

Calicivirus infection of adult rabbits induces the so-called rabbit haemorrhagic disease
(RHD) that kills 90% or more of the infected animals; in contrast, young rabbits (up to 8-week …