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Ross and malaria (1911)

In: A Short History of Mathematical Population Dynamics

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  • Nicolas Bacaër

    (IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement))

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In 1911 the British medical doctor Ronald Ross, who had already received the 1902 Nobel prize for his work on malaria, studied a system of differential equations modelling the spread of this disease. He showed that malaria can persist only if the number of mosquitoes is above a certain threshold. Therefore it is not necessary to kill all mosquitoes to eradicate malaria – it is enough to kill just a certain fraction. Similar epidemic models were later developed by Kermack and McKendrick.

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  • Nicolas Bacaër, 2011. "Ross and malaria (1911)," Springer Books, in: A Short History of Mathematical Population Dynamics, chapter 0, pages 65-69, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-0-85729-115-8_12
    DOI: 10.1007/978-0-85729-115-8_12
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