title: Opinion: Mathematical models: a key tool for outbreak response.
authors.affiliation: Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061; lofgrene@vbi.vt.edu.
authors.forename: Eric T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Lofgren
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195;
authors.forename: M Elizabeth
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Halloran
authors.affiliation: Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061;
authors.forename: Caitlin M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Rivers
authors.affiliation: Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602;
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Drake
authors.affiliation: Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143;
authors.forename: Travis C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Porco
authors.affiliation: Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061;
authors.forename: Bryan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032;
authors.forename: Wan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115;
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vespignani
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032;
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shaman
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109;
authors.forename: Joseph N S
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109;
authors.forename: Marisa C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
authors.affiliation: Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061; Department of Computer Science.
authors.forename: Madhav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marathe
authors.affiliation: Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM 87501;
authors.forename: Samuel V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Scarpino
authors.affiliation: Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation.
authors.forename: Kathleen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109;
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meza
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802;
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118; and.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hyman
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712.
authors.forename: Lauren A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Meyers
authors.affiliation: Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061;
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eubank
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical