New Strategy for Controlling Epidemics in Big Cities

submitted by Luis Kun

homelandsecuritynewswire.com - January 27, 2014

In a large city like Washington, D.C., with about 50,000 visitors on any given day who stay for just a few days, there is a constant influx of new people who are susceptible to infections. Further, they visit highly populated tourist destinations, where they come into contact with other visitors as well as residents. Disease can spread quickly.

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CLICK HERE - RESEARCH - Modeling the effect of transient populations on epidemics in Washington DC