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***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/ ***** I certainly see how SNA is useful after the fact, to study how a contagion spread. But are there any interventions arrived at though SNA that could not be arrived at using other, simpler diagnostic methods? Doug Bryan [log in to unmask] http://pavg.stanford.edu/people/bryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valdis Krebs" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 5:05 PM Subject: Re: spread of SARS > ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/ ***** > > Yes, Andrew quite a few SNA folks[many of them are on this list] are > working in this, or similar areas. Here is a quick example of how SNA > was used with the spread of another airborne contagion: TB. > > -- http://www.orgnet.com/contagion.html > > There was a presentation on this TB outbreak at the most recent Sunbelt > by Mackenzie Andre of the CDC. > > Valdis > > > Andrew Waterman wrote: > > >***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/ ***** > > > >This PowerPoint presentation shows that the spread of SARS can be understood > >through network-theoretic analysis, one could say almost as much as the > >spread of SARS can be understood through biology. Fortunately the SARS > >epidemic is in its early stages, and tracking its point-to-point spread is > >still tractable. > > > >My questions are these: Can we network theorists contribute any important > >insights to the fight against SARS? Have network analyses in the past > >helped organizations like the CDC and the WHO? > > > >Thanks, > >Andrew Waterman > >(Symbolic Systems M.S. student at Stanford University) > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Social Networks Discussion Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On > >Behalf Of Valdis Krebs > >Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 9:22 AM > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: spread of SARS > > > > > >***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/ ***** > > > >Here is a CDC presentation that includes some of the network dynamics of > >the spread of SARS... including a network graph [slide 9] around one > >"super-spreader". > > > > http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/ppt/globalsars.ppt > > > >Valdis > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social > network researchers (http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/). To unsubscribe, send > an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line > UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message.