Journal of
Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 655

Review

Which approach to modeling? Predicting infectious disease dynamics in epidemics

Reuben Cheruiyot Lang’at
  • Reuben Cheruiyot Lang’at
  • Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, School of Science and Technology, University of Kabianga, Kericho, Kenya.
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  •  Received: 28 August 2020
  •  Accepted: 11 November 2020
  •  Published: 30 November 2020

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