CSI for infection: Geographic profiling, used in hunt for serial killers, can help combat infectious diseases
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 20:30
in Health & Medicine
Every 30 seconds, infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis kill as many people as Jack the Ripper did in his entire career. New research demonstrates how the mathematical model of geographic profiling, used in the hunt for serial killers, can help combat infectious diseases.