Preface
Zhien Ma: Some Recent Results on Epidemic Dynamics Obtained by Our Group
Fred Brauer, Jianhong Wu: Modeling SARS, West Nile Virus, Pandemic Influenza and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Canadian Team's Adventure
Julien Arino: Diseases in Metapopulations
Fred Brauer. Modeling the Start of a Disease Outbreak
Troy Day: Mathematical Techniques in the Evolutionary Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
Zhilan Fcng, Dashun Xu, Haiyun Zhao: The Uses of Epidemiological Models in the Study of Disease Control
John W. Glasser, Maureen Birmingham: Assessing the Burden of Congenital Rubella Syndrome and Ensuring Optimal Mitigation via Mathematical Modeling
Thanate Dhirasakdanon, Horst R. Thieme: Persistence of Vertically Transmitted Parasite Strains which Protect against More Virulent Horizontally Transmitted Strains
Ying-Hen Hsieh: Richards Model: A Simple Procedure for Real-time Prediction of Outbreak Severity
James Watmough: The Basic Reproduction Number and the Final Size of an Epidemic
K.P. Hadeler. Epidemic Models with Reservoirs
Hongbin Guo, Michael Y. Li, Zhisheng Shuai: Global Stability in Multigroup Epidemic Models
Wendi Wang: Epidemic Models with Time Delays
Shenghai Zhang: A Simulation Approach to Analysis of Antiviral Stockpile Sizes for Influenza Pandemic
Peter Buck, Rongsong Liu, Jiangping Shuai, Jianhong Wu, Huaiping Zhu: Modeling and Simulation Studies of West Nile Virus in Southern Ontario Canada