title: [Mathematical models of infection transmission].
abstract: The investigation of distribution, determinants and transmission of infectious diseases is largely based on the development of mathematical models of ecological nature suitable to capture the dynamics of infectious diseases epidemiology. In this paper the essential aspects of the dynamic models of infection transmission are described. These models are increasingly being adopted to investigate and control epidemic and endemic infections, but also cancers of infectious aetiology.
authors.affiliation: SCDU Epidemiologia dei tumori, servizio di Statistica medica, CPO Piemonte, Università del Piemonte orientale, via Solaroli 17, 28100 Novara, Italy. iacopo.baussano@cpo.it
authors.forename: Iacopo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Baussano
authors.forename: Selene
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bianco
authors.forename: Fulvio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lazzarato
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D008954:Models, Biological; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013269:Stochastic Processes