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    • Model parameters and outbreak control for SARS 

      Kribs, Christopher; Chowell, Gerardo; Castillo-Chavez, Carlos; Fenimore, Paul W.; Arriola, Leon; Hyman, James M. (Centers for Disease Control and PreventionMathematics Department, University of Texas at Arlington, 2004-07)
      Control of the 2002–2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak was based on rapid diagnosis coupled with effective patient isolation. We used uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of the basic reproductive ...
    • Reproductive Numbers for Periodic Epidemic Systems 

      Mitchell, Christopher David (2016-08-09)
      When using mathematics to study epidemics, often times the goal is to deter- mine when an infection can invade and persist within a population. This can be done in a variety of ways but the most common is to use threshold ...