title: Simulations of a fox-rabies epidemic on an island using space-time finite elements.
abstract: The two-dimensional reaction diffusion equations for the spread of rabies in a logistically growing fox population are solved numerically. The method, based upon Galerkin's approach, uses space-time finite elements. The numerical model is shown, quantitatively, to possess the essential features of earlier one and two-dimensional models and to reproduce the values of field data accurately. A more realistic illustration of the use of the model, a study of the spread of rabies over the Isle of Anglesey, is then discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Mathematics, University of Wales, UCNW, Bangor, Gwynedd, U.K.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cunningham
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005589:Foxes; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011153:Population; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom