Joint Maud Menten /Math Bio Seminar: James Watmough

Roughly speaking, outbreaks of respiratory infections, such as measles, CoViD-19, and influenza, are shaped by two main factors: (1) the patterns and nature of contacts between individual hosts, and (2) the distribution of immunity locally and regionally within the host population. Contact patterns between hosts reflect community structure and the relative strengths of within- group and between-group contacts. This contact structure can be very different for smaller communities and larger metropolises. I will explore some of these differences and their implications for disease management using a variety of models and illustrations.