Modeling

University of Florida researchers offer up “lessons learned” after laurel wilt disease threatened the Sunshine State’s avocado industry.

UF biostatisticians confirm in a recent meta-analysis that getting vaccinated against COVID-19 and getting a booster or two is the best way to protect against severe outcomes.

New funding will help close gaps in infectious disease outbreak modeling.

Experts in viral evolution and artificial intelligence are teaming up to create an algorithm capable of predicting novel coronavirus variants before they become public health threats. They will also study how the coronavirus mutates in people coinfected with HIV and COVID-19 to better understand how variants emerge.

UF researchers find that an aging population is behind the shift from dengue being mostly a pediatric disease to one that now predominantly affects young adults.

UF medical geographer Sadie Ryan contributes to a global consortium's effort to determine whether city-dwelling or wild mammals carry more viruses capable of making people ill.

A UF mathematician collaborated on a model showing that travel between European countries can be done safely with a short isolation time and a negative test upon exit.

UF researchers updated their model projecting how an omicron-driven surge may unfold in Florida over the next few weeks and months. (This version supersedes the model information published Dec. 17, 2021.)

UF researchers created a model projecting how various omicron-driven surge scenarios may unfold in Florida over the next few months.

UF researchers created a model projecting how various omicron-driven surge scenarios may unfold in Florida over the next few months.