BACKGROUND Despite many notable successes in prevention and control, infectious
diseases remain an enormous threat to human and animal health. The ecological and …

Historically, infectious diseases caused considerable damage to human societies, and they
continue to do so today. To help reduce their impact, mathematical models of disease …

In this paper, a new nature-inspired human-based optimization algorithm is proposed which
is called coronavirus herd immunity optimizer (CHIO). The inspiration of CHIO is originated …

The importance of medical data and the crucial nature of the decisions that are based on
such data, as well as the large increase in its volume, has encouraged researchers to …

Background The recent increase in whoo** cough incidence (primarily caused by
Bordetella pertussis) presents a challenge to both public health practitioners and scientists …

Pertussis or whoo** cough has persisted and resurged in the face of vaccination and has
become one of the most prevalent vaccine-preventable diseases in Western countries. The …

Despite an undergraduate degree in Zoology and an MSc on the behavior of voles, I have
long been fascinated by theoretical biology and the relationship between models and data …

Sequential infection with multiple dengue virus (DENV) serotypes is thought to induce
enduring protection against dengue disease. However, long-term antibody waning has been …

Why is drug resistance common and vaccine resistance rare? Drugs and vaccines both
impose substantial pressure on pathogen populations to evolve resistance and indeed, drug …

The resurgence of pertussis over the past decades has resulted in incidence levels not
witnessed in the United States since the 1950s. The underlying causes have been the …