Speaker: C. Castillo-Chavez
Affiliation: Arizona State University
Talk Title: Mathematics, Epidemics and Disease Evolution: From Tuberculosis to Influenza to Nosocomial Infections
Invited by: David Gottlieb
Time: Sept. 26 2008 11 a.m.
Location: 182 George Street, Room 110
Abstract:
About one out of three individuals in the world is infected with Tuberculosis but TB associated mortality is relatively low today. The ability of the influenza virus to re-invent itself year after year generates fear of pandemics. Furthermore, it is well-known and documented that hospitals can be great reservoirs of resistant pathogens. Mathematical models are used to study the transmission dynamics, evolution and control of infectious disease at the population level. Their value will be illustrated in the context of intervention policies aim at combating the spread of resistance.
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