The effect of myeloid-derived suppressor cells on glioblastoma-immune dynamics Despite improvements in cancer therapies, the current standard of care for glioblastoma (GBM) only confers a 5.1% five-year survival rate. A …
Statistical Adjustment for Reporting Bias in Surveillance Data of Infectious Diseases Reporting bias is common in the surveillance of infectious diseases and takes different forms. A typical example is that …
Join us for a lively exploration of the math-bio interface The Symposium will host daily panel discussion about important issues in math-bio research and traineeship. How can we productively embed …
Modeling across-scale feedbacks of infectious diseases A current challenge for disease modeling and public health is to understand pathogen dynamics across infection scales from within-host to between-host. Viral and immune …
Quantifying the effects of vaccines and a booster vaccine dose on the dynamics of COVID-19 in the United States The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to have a devastating …
Using Mathematics to Unravel Mosquito Behavioral Dynamics that Capacitates Malaria Parasite Success in a Human-Mosquito Built Environment Many bottlenecks can hamper a successful malaria parasite transmission from one human to …
The impact of vaccination on human papillomavirus infection with disassortative geographical mixing Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection can spread between regions. What is the impact of disassortative geographical mixing on the …
What is Influenza-Like Illness? Influenza-like illness (ILI) is a not a single disease, but is a large group of pathogens grouped together because they have similar symptoms. In the United …
Mathematical models of infectious diseases -- Consequences of underlying assumptions Mathematical models have been used to study various disease transmission dynamics and control for epidemics. Many of these studies are …
Stochasticity and Heterogeneity in the Aedes aegypti/Dengue Transmission System: Implications for Spread and Control of Infection The Aedes aegypti mosquito is the vector for several infections of public health concern, …
