Vertically Transmitted Diseases: Models and Dynamics

by Kenneth Cooke, Stavros Busenberg, StavrosN.Busenberg

Infectious diseases are transmittable through different mechanisms. Vertical transmission occurs when a parent transmits a disease to an unborn offspring. The epidemiology of such transmissions can be very complicated, and hence also the modelling and analysis leading up to strategies for control and prevention. The book describes current methods for formulating models and analyzing the dynamics of the propagation of diseases which include vertical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642753035
• ISBN13: 9783642753039
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"