Infectious diseases of humans
Subtitle: dynamics and control
By: Roy M. Anderson and Robert M. May.
Contributors: May, Robert M. 1936-
Series: Oxford science publications
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 757
Subjects: Communicable diseases -- Epidemiology -- Mathematical models.; Microbial ecology -- Mathematical models.; Communicable Disease Control.; Communicable Diseases -- parasitology.; Epidemiologic Methods.; Host-Parasite Relations.; Models, Theoretical.
Description: Combines mathematical models with extensive use of epidemiological and other data to achieve a better understanding of the overall dynamics of populations of pathogens or parasites and their human hosts, thus providing an analytic framework for evaluating public health strategies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [697]-735) and indexes.