Bergische Universität Wuppertal Fachbereich Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Angewandte Mathematik - Numerische Analysis

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Mathematical Modelling of an Ebola Outbreak

Bachelor Thesis Mathematics

Betreuung

• Prof. Dr. Matthias Ehrhardt
• Prof. Dr. Michael Günther

Kooperation

• Prof. Dr. med. H. Brunner
• Prof. Dr. A. Dalhoff (Bayer AG, Wuppertal)

Description

Questions

Key Words

discrete models of epidemics, disease outbreaks

Literature:

1. J. Astacio, D. Briere, M. Guillen, J. Martinez, F. Rodriguez, N. Valenzuela-Campos, Mathematical Models to Study the Outbreaks of Ebola, BU-1365-M Report.
2. World Health Organization, Ebola virus disease and Ebola response roadmap - Situation report
3. A. Pandey, K.E. Atkins, J. Medlock, N. Wenzel, J.P. Townsend, J.E. Childs, T.G. Nyenswah, M.L. Ndeffo-Mbah, A.P. Galvani, Strategies for containing Ebola in West Africa, Science 346 (2014), 991-995.
4. J.A. Lewnard, M.L. Ndeff o Mbah, J.A. Alfaro-Murillo, F.L. Altice, L. Bawo, T.G. Nyenswah, A.P. Galvani, Dynamics and control of Ebola virus transmission in Montserrado, Liberia: a mathematical modelling analysis, The Lancet Infectious Diseases 14 (2014), 1189-1195.
5. D.N. Fisman, T.S. Hauck, A.R. Tuite, A.L. Greer, An IDEA for Short Term Outbreak Projection: Nearcasting Using the Basic Reproduction Number, PLoS ONE 8(12): e83622. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083622
6. J. Legrand, R.F. Grais, P.Y. Boelle, Understanding the dynamics of Ebola epidemics, Epidemiology and Infection 135 (2007), 610-621.
7. A. Atangana and E.F. Doungmo Goufo, On the Mathematical Analysis of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Deathly Infection Disease in West African Countries, BioMed Research International, vol. 2014, Article ID 261383, 7 pages, 2014. doi:10.1155/2014/261383
8. G. Chowell-Puente, Mathematical Models of Emergent and Re-Emergent Infectious Diseases: Assessing the Effects of Public Health Interventions on Disease Spread, Dissertation, Cornell University, 2005.
9. A. Camacho, A.J. Kucharski, S. Funk, J. Breman, P. Piot, W.J. Edmunds, Potential for large outbreaks of Ebola virus disease, Epidemics 9 (2014), 70-78
10. M.F.C. Gomes, A. Pastore y Piontti, L. Rossi, D. Chao, I. Longini, M.E. Halloran, A. Vespignani, Assessing the International Spreading Risk Associated with the 2014 West African Ebola Outbreak, PLOS Currents Outbreaks. 2014 Sep 2.