Infectious diseases are transmitted through various different mechanisms

including person to person interactions, by insect vectors and via

vertical transmission from a parent to an unborn offspring.

The population dynamics of such disease transmission can be

very complicated and the development of rational strategies

for controlling and preventing the spread of these diseases requires

careful modeling and analysis. The book describes current methods for

formulating models and analyzing the dynamics of the propagation of

diseases which include vertical transmission as one of the

mechanisms for their spread. Generic models that describe broad

classes of diseases as well as models that are tailored to the dynamics of a specific infection are formulated and analyzed. The effects of

incubation periods, maturation delays, and age-structure, interactions

between disease transmission and demographic changes, population

crowding, spatial spread, chaotic dynamic behavior,

seasonal periodicities and discrete time interval events are

studied within the context of specific disease transmission models. No previous background in disease transmission modeling and analysis is assumedand the required biological concepts and mathematical methods are gradually introduced within the context of specific disease transmission models.

Graphs are widely used to illustrate and explain the

modeling assumptions and results. REMARKS: NOTE: the authors have

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