[Mathematical models of infection transmission].
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.
Baussano
Iacopo
I
SCDU Epidemiologia dei tumori, servizio di Statistica medica, CPO Piemonte, Università del Piemonte orientale, via Solaroli 17, 28100 Novara, Italy. iacopo.baussano@cpo.it
Bianco
Selene
S
Lazzarato
Fulvio
F
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