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Introduction to the SIR model

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Saturday, November 15, 2014 : 9:20 AM - 9:50 AM

Eric Lofgren, MSPH, PhD , Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
The deterministic compartmental Susceptible-Infectious-Removed/Recovered (“SIR”) model is the foundation of mathematical models of infectious disease, and widely used in practice. This presentation will provide an overview of the SIR model, using the familiar cultural context of a zombie outbreak to avoid the need for disease-specific expertise. The mathematics behind the model, using approachable techniques for non-mathematicians, will be discussed, and the assumptions and limitations of the model outlined.

This introduction will provide a framework for later, more complicated models that will be discussed in the institute.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe the structure of a basic SIR model
  2. Identify key parameters that govern the behavior of SIR models.
  3. Discuss major assumptions made by SIR models, and their validity

Learning Areas:

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to be an APHA-LI course organizer because I have organized and presented this learning institute at two previous conferences, and am a postdoctoral researcher focusing on the use of computational models of infectious diseases.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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