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Adam Kucharski

Adam Kucharski is a research fellow in mathematical epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Written by Adam Kucharski

Green rubber gloves drying on a clothesline, each held by colourful pegs in a sheltered wooden structure.

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Illness and disease

The calculus of contagion

In the battle against disease, the difference between a raging epidemic and a passing fever comes down to a single number

Adam Kucharski