Computer Model Analyzes Potential Measles Outbreaks

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health have developed a computer model that analyzes the effect of potential measles outbreaks in cities throughout the country. The Framework for Reconstructing Epidemiological Dynamics, or FRED, model is a no-cost resource that allows users to see how a measles outbreak would affect their community if the population has high or low rates of vaccinations for the virus.

• "Computer Simulation Models Measles Outbreaks" (Goth, Health Data Management, 3/2).