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SUMMARY:Models for the spread of $\\textit{Wolbachia}$ in mosquito populat
 ions
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Sarah Belet (Monash University)\nThe vector-borne De
 ngue fever poses a major health issue in tropic environments\, which inclu
 des areas such as far-north Queensland. Historically\, attempts at curtail
 ing the spread of dengue have focused on controlling the size and spread o
 f mosquito populations that carry the virus. Several factors make this an 
 astronomically difficult task to accomplish on any reasonable scale\, howe
 ver\, and so more novel methods of suppressing dengue outbreaks are being 
 explored. One such method is the introduction of bacteria called *Wolbachi
 a* into mosquito populations\, which prevents mosquitoes from passing on v
 iruses to humans. A *Wolbachia* invasion has strong potential to completel
 y saturate mosquito populations due to a mechanism called cytoplasmic inco
 mpatibility. The mathematical modelling problem here becomes twofold-first
 \, the task of inferring the position of mosquito populations\, and then t
 he modelling of *Wolbachia* spreading through these populations. Here\, we
  will be discussing the effects and mechanisms of *Wolbachia* in more deta
 il\, including the phenomenon of cytoplasmic incompatibility. Next\, recen
 t developments in modelling mosquito populations such as the use of semi a
 gent-based models will be outlined\, within the context of predicting the 
 spread of *Wolbachia*.\n\nhttps://conferences.maths.unsw.edu.au/event/2/co
 ntributions/370/
LOCATION:University of Sydney Holme Building/--The Refectory
URL:https://conferences.maths.unsw.edu.au/event/2/contributions/370/
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