Epidemic Models, Spatial

For a proper understanding of the dispersal and control of infectious diseases, it is often necessary to consider spatial models in which individuals do not mix homogeneously. A birth, death, and migration/infection process for separate colonies, with migration/infection to nearest neighboring colonies, is considered from both deterministic and stochastic viewpoint. Topics covered include Monte Carlo simulation and threshold levels, with particular reference to the transmission of HIV/AIDS and rabies. Keywords: contact distribution; birth–death–migration process; Brownian motion; reproduction number; Monte Carlo simulation; thresholds; Turing ring; HIV/AIDS; rabies