| NIMBioS Investigative Workshop: Leptospirosis Modeling | |
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United States - TN - Knoxville |
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| Hosted by: | National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) |
| Venue: | National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) at the Univ. of Tennessee |
| Dates: | Jun 03, 2014 through Jun 05, 2014 |
| Event Registration: | 2013-11-13 through 2014-02-10 |
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Description |
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| Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease of global public health importance with complex transmission dynamics. This workshop will explore mathematical tools and approaches for describing 1) within-host dynamics of Leptospira infection and immunity in reservoir and incidental hosts; 2) multi-host, multi-species Leptospira transmission dynamics in urban and rural settings; and 3) environmental drivers of leptospirosis transmission in animals and people. The workshop will bring together expertise in bacteriology, molecular biology, epidemiology, statistics, veterinary medicine, human medicine, ecology, hydrology, mathematical modeling, network dynamics, evolutionary dynamics, and nonlinear analysis. Participants will explore the state of knowledge of leptospirosis transmission in animal and human populations and the capabilities and limitations of the existing techniques that could be used for explaining currently available empirical data. Recommendations will then be made on the need for further empirical studies as well as future directions for modeling and analysis. As a result of this workshop, we will have an improved understanding of the conceptual models of Leptospira transmission in various ecological systems and of the gaps in data and methods. We will also established new collaborations and a common language between biologists and theorists interested in leptospirosis. | |
| Additional Information | |
| Event URL: | http://www.nimbios.org/workshops/WS_leptospirosis |
| ISCB Member Discount: | None |
| Contact Person: | Catherine Crawley ([javascript protected email address]) |
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