03598nam 2200637 a 450 991043815020332120200520144314.01-283-94490-11-4614-5474-310.1007/978-1-4614-5474-8(CKB)2670000000316163(EBL)1081929(OCoLC)823729075(SSID)ssj0000854860(PQKBManifestationID)11449466(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000854860(PQKBWorkID)10903492(PQKB)11401858(DE-He213)978-1-4614-5474-8(MiAaPQ)EBC1081929(PPN)168303124(EXLCZ)99267000000031616320121119d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrModeling the interplay between human behavior and the spread of infectious diseases /Piero Manfredi, Alberto d'Onofrio, editors1st ed. 2013.New York Springer20131 online resource (327 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4899-8685-5 1-4614-5473-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Field data on behaviour -- pt. 2. Modeling behaviour change in response to epidemic threats -- pt. 3. Modeling vaccinating behaviour -- pt. 4. Concluding overview.This volume summarizes the state-of-the-art in the fast growing research area of modeling the influence of information-driven human behavior on the spread and control of infectious diseases. In particular, it features the two main and inter-related “core” topics: behavioral changes in response to global threats, for example, pandemic influenza, and the pseudo-rational opposition to vaccines. The motivation comes from the fact that people are likely to change their behavior and their propensity to vaccinate themselves and their children based on information and rumors about the spread of a disease. As a consequence there is a feedback effect that may deeply affect the dynamics of epidemics and endemics. In order to make realistic predictions, modelers need to go beyond classical mathematical epidemiology to take these dynamic effects into account. With contributions from experts in this field, the book fills a void in the literature. It goes beyond classical texts, yet preserves the rationale of many of them by sticking to the underlying biology without compromising on scientific rigor. Epidemiologists, theoretical biologists, biophysicists, applied mathematicians, and PhD students will benefit from this book. However, it is also written for Public Health professionals interested in understanding models, and for advanced undergraduate students, since it only requires a working knowledge of mathematical epidemiology.Communicable diseasesTransmissionHealth behaviorDiseasesCauses and theories of causationHuman behaviorCommunicable diseasesTransmission.Health behavior.DiseasesCauses and theories of causation.Human behavior.614.4Manfredi Piero143912D'Onofrio Alberto1750209MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910438150203321Modeling the interplay between human behavior and the spread of infectious diseases4184782UNINA