Math shows how human behaviour spreads infectious diseases
(WorldNews Canada)

Mathematics can help public health workers better understand and influence human behaviours that lead to the spread of infectious disease, according to a study from the University of Waterloo. Current models used to predict the emergence and evolution of pathogens within host populations do not include social behaviour. `We tend to treat disease systems in isolation from social systems, and we don`t often think about how they connect to each other, or influence each other,` said Chris Bauch, co-author and a professor in...