Vertically Transmitted Diseases

Infectious diseases are transmitted through variousdifferent mechanisms including person to personinteractions, by insect vectors and via verticaltransmission from a parent to an unborn offspring. Thepopulation dynamics of such disease transmission can be verycomplicated and the development of rational strategies forcontrolling and preventing the spread of these diseasesrequires careful modeling and analysis.The book describes current methods for formulating modelsand analyzing the dynamics of t