Unit · year 4
BU-403 · Epidemiology & Disease Ecology
Threads systems · evolution5 concepts
Modelling how diseases spread through populations.
Concepts in this unit
T-115
The SIR model
Compartmental modelling of an epidemic.
T-116
The basic reproduction number
R0 sets the threshold for an outbreak.
T-117
Herd immunity
The immune fraction that halts transmission.
T-118
Transmission dynamics
Contact rate, infectiousness and spread.
T-119
Vaccination strategy
Controlling disease at the population level.