Hi, Alfredo. In the past, we have modeled a variety of influenza strains, some more virulent than others. We have conducted simulations of infections of influenza A & B, avian influenza, as well as smallpox, anthrax, pneumonic plague and bubonic plague in a series of previous studies.
The vectors of disease spread emerge from the person-person interactions as EpiSims simulates the second-to-second movements and activities of all people in the region of interest. These interactions occur in the work place, at home, while shopping, during recreational activities, while commuting, etc. The vectors of disease spread are of course studied for insight into potential intervention strategies. EpiSims can be used to model the spread of any infectious agent whose human health characteristics can be captured by a Markov chain state representation. Regards, --Doug -- Doug Roberts, RTI International [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 505-455-7333 - Office On 4/2/07, Alfredo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Congratulations Douglas 1) Do you include different levels of virulence in your simulation? 2) Do you consider vectors in the spread of diseases ? 3) Will you extend your work to study other pathosystems (I mean in plants or even arthropoda)? Regards Alfredo --------------------------- Alfredo Covaleda Vélez Ingeniero Agrónomo - Programador Teléfono: 3112137829 Bogotá D.C. - Colombia --------------------------- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
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