Adaptable model recommends response strategies for Zika, other pandemics
Sunday, February 19, 2017 - 17:31
in Health & Medicine
A new biological-behavioral-operational computer model could help policy makers choose the best intervention strategies to rapidly contain an infectious disease outbreak. The model is based on the dynamics of disease transmission across different environments and social settings, and provides critical information about how to mitigate infection, monitor risk and trace disease during a pandemic.