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Application of perturbation theory to temporal and spatio-temporal models for disease dynamics

Reference	MAF12279
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Christopher Gilligan
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr James Truscott, Dr K White
Institution	University of Cambridge
Department	Plant Sciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	141,024
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/05/2000
End date	01/05/2003
Duration	36 months

Abstract

Perturbation methods will be used to analyse and to generate approximate solutions to a range of epidemiological models. We will examine the effects of primary and secondary infection processes on the far from equilibrium behaviour of these systems. In particular, we will investigate the ability of disease to invade a host population and survive within it under changing environmental conditions and subject to various forms of sudden disturbance such as harvesting or vaccination. We will extend the techniques to transient behaviour in spatial systems using the telegraph equation using asymptotic techniques. The models will be applied to a wide range of plant and some animal diseases.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Mathematics & Modelling of Agriculture & Food Sys (MAF) [1999]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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