Modeling the Seasonal Transmission Dynamics of Measles Measles, a highly contagious infection caused by the measles virus, is a major public-health problem worldwide. Since the monthly data of measles cases exhibit a seasonally fluctuating pattern, based on the measles model in Earn et al. (Science 287(2000), 667-670) we propose a susceptible, exposed, infectious, and recovered (SEIR) model with periodic

Land use change, disease, and population growth in subsistence agriculture: escaping the curse of poverty trap The extremely poor generally rely on their immediate natural environment for subsistence and suffer high rates of morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases. We present a framework for modeling the ecology of poverty, focusing on the exemplar drivers:

The University of Florida will be hosting the 2019 AMS Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting. There will be two special sessions on mathematical biology topics: Special Session on New Developments in Mathematical Biology organized by Maia Martcheva (UF), Necibe Tuncer (Florida Atlantic University), and Libin Rong (UF) Special Session on Applications of Differential Equations in Mathematical Biology organized by Nehal