
Influenza Models
Prospects for Development and Use
P. Selby(Editor)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 5. June 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
259 pages
978-94-011-8052-8 (ISBN)
Description
Kilbourne (1973) described the student of influenza as "continually looking back over his shoulder and asking 'what happened?', in the hope that understanding of past events will alert him to the catastrophies ofthe future". Experience suggests the futility of such a hope, since the most predictable feature of influenza is its unpredictability. Nonetheless, the stubborn viabil ity of this hope is strongly affirmed by the many attempts, described and discussed in this volume, to develop a useful and practical representation of influenza virus behavior. I hasten to add, however, that the desired model has yet to be perfected. The existence and usefulness of animal models of infectious diseases of man are well documented. Reproduction of disease by infecting an experimental animal satisfies the third of Koch's four postulates to establish proof of disease causation by a specific bacterium. Animal models also have been extremely useful in studies of the pathogenesis, immunoprophylaxis, and specific therapy of several important diseases, ineluding (with only modest success) influenza. Development of such a model is simple, at least in concept. and can be achieved by one or only a few scientists.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
45 s/w Abbildungen
259 p. 45 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
341 gr
ISBN-13
978-94-011-8052-8 (9789401180528)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-011-8050-4
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11/1982
Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Content
Background paper: Applications of mathematical models to the epidemiology of influenza: a critique.- I. The epidemiology of influenza key facts and remaining problems.- Discussion.- II. Models of the temporal spread of epidemics.- Discussion.- III. Models of family and small community spread.- Discussion.- IV. Relationship of parameters to the real world.- Discussion.- V. Herd immunity.- Discussion.- VI. Models of geographic spread.- Discussion.- VII. Intervention models and vaccine strategy.- Discussion.- VIII. Recommendations.- Participants.