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.

Autorentext
Jean Pierre Gabriel, Fotograf und Food-Schreiber, hat dreieinhalb Jahre lang jede Region Thailands besucht, um diese einzigartige Sammlung an Rezepten der Thaiküche zu versammeln. Während seiner Reise besuchte Gabriel die Einheimischen zu Hause, die Thaiköche in ihren Restaurants, streifte auf Märkten umher, um Köstlichkeiten in diesem Kochbuch zusammenzubringen, von einfachem thailändischem Streetfood zu elaborierter Palast-Cuisine.

Inhalt
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.