Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control
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Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control is a seminal book that applies mathematical modeling to understand and predict the spread and control of infectious diseases in human populations.
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| Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control Context triple: [Robert May, notableWork, Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control]
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Infections and Inequalities
"Infections and Inequalities" is a seminal book by physician-anthropologist Paul Farmer that examines how poverty, social injustice, and global power imbalances shape the distribution and treatment of infectious diseases.
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B.
Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics
The Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics is a research center focused on understanding, modeling, and controlling infectious disease transmission and outbreaks.
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C.
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox is a nonfiction book recounting the global campaign to eliminate smallpox, written from the perspective of one of the key public health leaders who helped achieve its eradication.
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D.
Infection and Immunity
Infection and Immunity is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on the mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions, immune responses, and microbial pathogenesis.
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E.
Section on Infectious Diseases
The Section on Infectious Diseases is a specialized group within the American Academy of Pediatrics that focuses on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of infectious diseases in children.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control Target entity description: Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control is a seminal book that applies mathematical modeling to understand and predict the spread and control of infectious diseases in human populations.
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A.
Infections and Inequalities
"Infections and Inequalities" is a seminal book by physician-anthropologist Paul Farmer that examines how poverty, social injustice, and global power imbalances shape the distribution and treatment of infectious diseases.
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B.
Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics
The Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics is a research center focused on understanding, modeling, and controlling infectious disease transmission and outbreaks.
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C.
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox is a nonfiction book recounting the global campaign to eliminate smallpox, written from the perspective of one of the key public health leaders who helped achieve its eradication.
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D.
Infection and Immunity
Infection and Immunity is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on the mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions, immune responses, and microbial pathogenesis.
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E.
Section on Infectious Diseases
The Section on Infectious Diseases is a specialized group within the American Academy of Pediatrics that focuses on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of infectious diseases in children.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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scientific monograph ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
biology
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mathematics ⓘ medicine ⓘ |
| author |
Robert M. May
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Roy M. Anderson ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describedAs | seminal work in mathematical epidemiology ⓘ |
| field |
infectious disease epidemiology
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mathematical epidemiology ⓘ public health ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
control interventions
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human populations ⓘ spread of infectious agents ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
epidemiologists
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graduate students in epidemiology ⓘ mathematical modelers ⓘ public health researchers ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ |
| hasReputation | highly cited in epidemiological literature ⓘ |
| influencedField |
modern infectious disease modeling
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public health policy analysis ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| subject |
control of infectious diseases
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disease transmission dynamics ⓘ epidemic modeling ⓘ host–parasite interactions ⓘ infectious diseases in humans ⓘ population dynamics ⓘ vaccination strategies ⓘ |
| timeScope |
long-term infection dynamics
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short-term epidemic outbreaks ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
age-structured models
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basic reproduction number R0 ⓘ endemic equilibrium ⓘ herd immunity ⓘ heterogeneous mixing ⓘ macroparasite dynamics ⓘ vector-borne transmission ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
deterministic compartmental models
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differential equations ⓘ stochastic models ⓘ |
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Subject: Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control Description of subject: Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control is a seminal book that applies mathematical modeling to understand and predict the spread and control of infectious diseases in human populations.
Referenced by (6)
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Robert May, Baron May of Oxford
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notableWork
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Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control
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