Launch of new book on infectious disease modelling
5 July 2010 °®ÍþÄÌapp of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine °®ÍþÄÌapp of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine https://lshtm.ac.uk/themes/custom/lshtm/images/lshtm-logo-black.pngNew book, 'An Introduction to Infectious Disease Modelling' is written by Richard G White, Senior Lecturer in Infectious Disease Modelling in the Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases at LSHTM and a Medical Research Council Methodology Research Fellow. His co-author is Emilia Vynnycky is a senior scientist in the Modelling and Economics Unit at the Health Protection Agency (HPA), Centre for Infections.
The book includes worked examples, together with exercises based on real data and real-life problems. It contains a glossary of key definitions and abbreviations and is accessible to the majority of readers as it does not assume advanced mathematical skills. It is accompanied by online files and solutions to exercises.
An Introduction to Infectious Disease Modelling is published by Oxford University Press and costs £29.95. More information can be found at
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