RT Book, Section
A1 Brouwer, Andrew F.
A1 Meza, Rafael
A1 Zelner, Jon
A1 Eisenberg, Marisa C.
A2 Boulton, Matthew L.
A2 Wallace, Robert B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182668582
T1 Introduction to Infectious Disease Modeling
T2 Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644511
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182668582
RD 2024/04/19
AB Infectious  disease  models  are  tools  that  are  increasingly  used  to  inform  public  health  and  preventive  medicine  research,  policy,  and  practice.  Although  implementing  infectious  disease  models  requires  a  certain  level  of  theoretical  background  and  computational  experience,  the  basic  principles  are  easy  to  grasp.  This  chapter  is  a  first  introduction  to  infectious  disease  models  and  is  intended  to  demystify  models  and  the  modeling  process.  In  this  chapter,  we  first  highlight  some  uses  and  limitations  of  infectious  disease  models.  Next,  we  discuss  some  of  the  main  concepts  underlying  infectious  disease  modeling.  Then,  we  introduce  the  foundational  infectious  disease  model,  the  SIR  model  (or  susceptible,  infectious,  recovered  model)  and  its  compartmental  model  extensions.  We  next  discuss  network  and  agent-based  models,  which  are  used  to  explore  the  importance  of  individual-level  characteristics  (such  as  superspreading).  Finally,  we  briefly  discuss  the  connection  between  data  and  models.  After  reading  this  chapter,  you  will  understand  the  basics  of  infectious  disease  modeling,  allowing  you  to  engage  with  and  interrogate  the  assumptions  and  conclusions  of  infectious  disease  modeling  research.