Mathematical Biology Seminar
Catherine Beauchemin, Ryerson University
Wednesday March 5, 2008
3:05pm in LCB 219
"Theoretical modelling of influenza
viral infection"
Abstract:
Influenza A is a growing concern for health authorities worldwide. The
annual cost of influenza illness and the threat of an imminent
pandemic make it all the more necessary to better understand the
mechanisms that drive this disease. Since the influenza virus was
first isolated in 1933, much attention has been given to its
structure, its genome, the immune response it elicits, vaccines to
protect against it, and its epidemiology. Information concerning the
kinetics of influenza during an infection within an individual,
however, is limited.
In this talk, I will review what we understand of influenza. I will
then present various mathematical and computational models which I
have developed in order to investigate specific mechanisms involved in
an influenza infection.
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Mathematical Biology Program
Department of Mathematics
University of Utah
155 South 1400 East Room 233
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
rasmusse@math.utah.edu
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