How does interspecific host competition alter the amplification and dilution of disease? For pathogens that infect multiple host species, the loss or addition of one host species in a community can affect levels of disease in other host species. Using a 2-host, 1-pathogen epidemiological model, I explore how competition for resources between host species alters
Mathematics and the Life Sciences The close connection between mathematics and the physical sciences during the past century has been of great benefit to both. New mathematics has been inspired by problems in physics, while physics benefited from the theoretical power of mathematics in fundamental ways. The relationship between mathematics and the life sciences has
A dynamic model to assess human papillomavirus vaccination strategies in a heterosexual population combined with men who have sex with men Vaccination is effective in preventing human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Who should be vaccinated and what's the best vaccine distribution strategy need more investigation. In this paper, we use a dynamic model to assess HPV
