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ANDERSON:INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF HUMANS OSEE PAPER: Dynamics and Control (Oxford Science Publications) - Softcover

Anderson, Roy M.; May, Robert M.; Anderson, B.

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Synopsis

This book deals with infectious diseases -- viral, bacterial, protozoan and helminth -- in terms of the dynamics of their interaction with host populations. The book combines mathematical models with extensive use of epidemiological and other data. This analytic framework is highly useful for the evaluation of public health strategies aimed at controlling or eradicating particular infections. Such a framework is increasingly important in light of the widespread concern for primary health care programs aimed at such diseases as measles, malaria, river blindness, sleeping sickness, and schistosomiasis, and the advent of AIDS/HIV and other emerging viruses. The book is divided into two parts, one dealing with microparasites (viruses, bacteria and protozoans) and the other with macroparasites (helminths and parasitic arthropods).

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About the Author

Roy M. Anderson is at Imperial College, London. Robert M. May is at University of Oxford and Imperial College, London.

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