Modelling the pandemic: attuning models to their contexts

The evidence produced in mathematical models plays a key role in shaping policy decisions in pandemics. A key question is therefore how well pandemic models relate to their implementation contexts. Drawing on the cases of Ebola and influenza, we map how sociological and anthropological research cont...

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Published in:	BMJ global health Vol. 5; no. 6; p. e002914
Main Authors:	Rhodes, Tim, Lancaster, Kari, Lees, Shelley, Parker, Melissa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.06.2020 BMJ Publishing Group LTD BMJ Publishing Group
Subjects:	Analysis Communicable Disease Control Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology Coronavirus Infections - immunology Coronaviruses Correspondence COVID-19 Decision making Disease transmission Ebola virus Epidemics Global health Health Policy Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - epidemiology Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - immunology Hospitals Humans Immunity, Herd Influenza Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype - physiology Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype - physiology Influenza, Human - epidemiology Influenza, Human - immunology Intervention Mathematical models Models, Biological Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology Pneumonia, Viral - immunology Public health Quarantine Science Sociology Uncertainty Virus Diseases - epidemiology public health
ISSN:	2059-7908, 2059-7908
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