Can Mathematics be Biology’s next microscope in disease research at the interface?

In this paper we discuss how mathematics can be integrated into biological research as well as the benefits and challenges related to this process. The focus is on the research of diseases at the interface between wildlife, humans and livestock with some illustrative examples applications of mathema...

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Main Authors: Roumen Anguelov, Armanda Bastos
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Language:English
Published: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics 2017-01-01
Series:Biomath
Online Access:http://www.biomathforum.org/biomath/index.php/biomath/article/view/795
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spelling doaj.art-707ad2c5b2204447a0902d16efb1d3cb2023-09-02T21:06:32ZengBulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mathematics and InformaticsBiomath1314-684X1314-72182017-01-015210.11145/j.biomath.2016.12.237543Can Mathematics be Biology’s next microscope in disease research at the interface?Roumen Anguelov0Armanda BastosUniversity of PretoriaIn this paper we discuss how mathematics can be integrated into biological research as well as the benefits and challenges related to this process. The focus is on the research of diseases at the interface between wildlife, humans and livestock with some illustrative examples applications of mathematical models to disease research we have been personally involved with.http://www.biomathforum.org/biomath/index.php/biomath/article/view/795
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