In this resource, you will explore the development of a mathematical model of the West Nile outbreak in North America. After working through this module, you should gain a basic understanding of how biological interactions are mathematically modeled.
There are questions throughout this resource, which you can use to test your understanding of the presented material.

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This module was written by Marjorie Wonham, John Macnab, Stephen Norris and Gerda de Vries. It was produced for CRYSTAL Alberta by the King's Centre for Visualization in Science.

Adapted from the papers:

Wonham M.J., de-Camino-Beck T. & Lewis M.A. (2004) An epidemiological model for West Nile virus: invasion analysis and control applications. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, 271, 501-507.

Wonham M.J., Lewis M.A., Rencławowicz J. & van den Driessche P. (2006) Transmission assumptions generate conflicting predictions in host-vector disease models: A case study in West Nile virus. Ecology Letters 9:706-725.

Source of images used:
"http://www.ec.gc.ca", May 7, 2007
"http://www.ewashtenaw.org", May 7, 2007