title: Challenges in modelling infectious disease dynamics: preface.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: James O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Lloyd-Smith
authors.affiliation: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mollison
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK & Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, USA.
authors.forename: C Jessica E
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Metcalf
authors.affiliation: University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Klepac
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: j.a.p.heesterbeek@uu.nl.
authors.forename: J A P
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Heesterbeek
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D058872:Epidemics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical