The COVID-19 epidemic is the latest in a long list of pandemics that have affected
humankind in the last century. In this paper, we propose a novel mathematical …

This paper considers a class of generalized methods of moments (GMM) estimators for
general dynamic panel models, allowing for weakly exogenous covariates and cross …

Since the first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak appeared in Wuhan,
mainland China on December 31, 2019, the geographical spread of the epidemic was swift …

Human behavior, and in particular vaccine hesitancy, is a critical factor for the control of
childhood infectious disease. Here we propose a spatio-temporal behavioral epidemiology …

Background Malaria is one of the primary health concerns in Madagascar. Based on the
duration and intensity of transmission, Madagascar is divided into five epidemiological strata …

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is one of the most important zoonotic Transboundary Animal
Diseases able to cross international borders and cause devastating effect on animal health …

The spread of infectious diseases is a world-wide problem that has a greater impact on low-
income countries. Mathematical modelling is a useful tool to better understand these …

Background There are growing demands for predicting the prospects of achieving the global
elimination of neglected tropical diseases as a result of the institution of large-scale nation …

This book is divided into three parts. The first part is devoted to linear ordinary differential
equations. The second part focuses on nonlinear ordinary differential equations. In the third …

Incidence of infectious diseases is an under-researched topic in regional science. This
situation is unfortunate because the occurrence of these types of diseases frequently has far …