Non-Local Dispersal and the Spatial Spread of Disease

Authors

Jan Medlock, University of Washington, Open Search Candidate

Document Type

Presentation Abstract

Presentation Date

5-4-2004

Abstract

Invasion of diseases into new territory is a worldwide problem. Examples include West Nile fever in the US, HIV in Africa and Asia, and dengue in Latin America. Traditionally, the spatial spread of disease has been modeled using a local process, diffusion, to model dispersal. However, if dispersal is non-local, diffusion can greatly underestimate speeds of invasion. In this talk, I will discuss integrodifferential-equation models that incorporate knowledge about the dispersal of disease propagules and infected hosts to describe disease infection.

Additional Details

Tuesday, 4 May 2004
4:10 p.m. in Math 109

Recommended Citation

Medlock, Jan, "Non-Local Dispersal and the Spatial Spread of Disease" (2004). Colloquia of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. 166.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mathcolloquia/166