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In mid-March, when the British epidemic of hoof-and-mouth disease (HMD) appeared to be spiraling out of control, the government appealed to the country's scientists for help. Among those who answered the call was Neil Ferguson at the Imperial College School of Medicine in London, an HHMI international research scholar who develops mathematical models of infectious diseases.   continued...

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Reprinted from the
HHMI Bulletin,
September 2001,
pages 14-17.
©2001 Howard Hughes Medical Institute

 

 

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 Modeling Common
Human Diseases

 

 

 

 Charts:
• Confirmed Daily
Cases of HMD
in the UK, 2001
• Distribution of
HMD Infections
in the UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neil Ferguson's
Research Abstract

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