Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Chapter One. Introduction 1
5. Chapter Two. The Art of Epidemic Modeling: Concepts and Basic Structures 12
6. Chapter Three. Modeling the Geographic Spread of In uenza Epidemics 58
7. Chapter Four. Modeling Geographic Spread I: Population-based Approaches 86
8. Chapter Five. Spatial Heterogeneity and Endemicity: The Case of Measles 117
9. Chapter Six. Modeling Geographic Spread II: Individual-based Approaches 134
10. Chapter Seven. Spatial Models and the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease 176
11. Chapter Eight. Maps, Projections, and GIS: Geographers' Approaches 191
12. Chapter Nine. Revisiting SARS and Looking to the Future 215
13. Bibliography 237
14. Index 279