ANN ARBOR, Mich.---A mathematical model of disease cycles developed at the University of Michigan shows promise for predicting cholera outbreaks.Speaking in a symposium titled “New Vistas in the Mathematics of Ecology and Evolution” at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco, theoretical ecologist Mercedes Pascual will discuss how models that she and coworkers have developed can aid short-term forecasting of infectious diseases, such as cholera, and inform decisions about vaccination and other disease-prevention strategies.>>> Discuss This Story
