It is increasingly recognized that a key component of successful infection control efforts is
understanding the complex, two-way interaction between disease dynamics and human …

This volume summarizes the state-of-the-art in the fast growing research area of modeling
the influence of information-driven human behavior on the spread and control of infectious …

A simple two-dimensional SIS model with vaccination exhibits a backward bifurcation for
some parameter values. A two-population version of the model leads to the consideration of …

Background A randomized controlled trial (RCT) has shown that male circumcision (MC)
reduces sexual transmission of HIV from women to men by 60%(32%− 76%; 95% CI) …

The focus of the growing discipline of behavioral epidemiology (BE) of infectious diseases is
on individual behavior as a key determinant of infection trajectories. This overview departs …

The impact of individual and community behavioral changes in response to an outbreak of a
disease with high mortality is often not appreciated. Response strategies to a smallpox …

This is a study of dynamic behavior of an SEIRS epidemic model with time delays. It is
shown that disease-free equilibrium is globally stable if the reproduction number is not …

The impact of awareness campaigns and behavioral responses on epidemic outbreaks has
been reported at times. However, to what extent does the provision of awareness and …

The spread of an infectious disease is sensitive to the contact patterns in the population and
to precautions people take to reduce the transmission of the disease. We investigate the …

Global stability of the endemic equilibrium in infinite dimension: Lyapunov functions and positive
operators Page 1 J. Differential Equations 250 (2011) 3772–3801 Contents lists available at …