Kylie Ainslie -- On the epidemiological characteristics of scabies [ONLINE]
| Dates: | 13 November 2024 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Department of Mathematics |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Kylie Ainslie |
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Join us for this seminar by Dr Kylie Ainslie (RIVM, Netherlands) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Science. More details about the joint series can be found here https://northwestseminars.great-site.net/ .
The talk will be hosted by the University of Liverpool and available to watch via zoom. Please contact carl.whitfield@manchester.ac.uk or mdomijan@liverpool.ac.uk for the link, or sign up to the mailing list.
Title: On the epidemiological characteristics of scabies
Abstract: Scabies is a contagious skin disease caused by the infestation of the skin by the Sarcopes scabiei mite, resulting in an itchy rash. Scabies affects over 400 million people worldwide each year. A rise in scabies cases has been observed in recent years throughout Western Europe. Despite the high prevalence of scabies in parts of the world and increasing scabies cases across Europe, some key epidemiological characteristics describing the spread of scabies infections have not been described, such as the serial interval – the time between symptom onset in an infector and symptom onset in an infectee – and the reproduction number – the average number of people an infected person will go on to infect.
Accurate estimates of the epidemiological characteristics describing the spread of scabies are essential for designing effective control strategies to curb disease transmission. In this talk, I will present work on estimating these key epidemiological characteristics of scabies using various mathematical methods and data sources. Finally, I will discuss the policy implications of these findings and how they can inform the design of strategies to prevent future outbreaks.
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Speaker
Kylie Ainslie
Role: Infectious disease modeller
Organisation: RIVM (Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment)
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