This collection of papers gives a representative cross-selectional view of recent developments in the field. After a survey paper by C. Lefèvre, 17 other research papers look at stochastic modeling of epidemics, both from a theoretical and a statistical point of view. Some look more specifically at a particular disease such as AIDS, malaria, schistosomiasis and diabetes.

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From the contents: N.T.J. Bailey: Application of stochastic epidemic modelling in the public health control of HIV/AIDS. - L. Billard, G.F. Medley, R.M. Anderson: The incubation period for the AIDS Virus.- N. Keiding, B.E. Hansen, C. Holst: Nonparametric estimation of disease incidence from a cross-sectional sample of a stationary population. - R.J. Kryscio, M.-P. Malice: On modeling the incidence of AIDS. - I. Nåsell: Malaria infection with relapses and misdiagnosis. - F. Ball: A new look at Downton's carrier-borne epidemic model. - A. Barbour, D. Mollison: Epidemics and random graphs. - N. Becker, I. Marschner: The effect of heterogeneity on the spread of disease. - P. Blanchard, G.F. Bolz, T. Krüger: Modelling AIDS-epidemics or any venereal disease on random graphs. - V. Capasso: A counting process approach for age-dependent epidemic systems.