DIMACS Working Group on Genetics and Evolution of Pathogens
November 24 - 25, 2003
DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University
- Organizers:
- Zhilan Feng, Purdue University, zfeng@math.purdue.edu
Presented under the auspices of the Special Focus on Computational and Mathematical Epidemiology.
Sponsored by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the National Science Foundation.
The main purpose of this meeting is to bring together
international leaders and active researchers working
in areas related to the modeling, simulation
and analysis of the evolution of pathogens,
to explore more effective approaches to dealing
with challenges in understanding the evolution of
infectious agents when epidemiology is coupled with
ecology and/or genetics. The topics include
mathematical/statistical/computational approaches
to modeling transmission dynamics of multiple
strains; impact of control strategies on the
evolution of an infectious agent (e.g., virulence,
drug-resistance); multiple time-scales in coupled
systems; population genetics/population biology of
both parasites and hosts. The focused diseases
include malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, and other
infectious diseases for which more is known about
their evolution.
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