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Abba B. Gumel is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Mathematics, with a significant number of publications focused on modeling and simulation, infectious diseases, and public health.

Gumel's work centers on understanding and analyzing epidemiological phenomena through mathematical and theoretical models. Specific research themes include COVID-19 epidemiological studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, mosquito-borne diseases and control, as well as the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and related mental health issues.

Prominent recent papers authored by Gumel include:

  • To mask or not to mask: Modeling the potential for face mask use by the general public to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • Will an imperfect vaccine curtail the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.? (2020, Infectious Disease Modelling)
  • A primer on using mathematics to understand COVID-19 dynamics: Modeling, analysis and simulations (2020, Infectious Disease Modelling)
  • Could masks curtail the post-lockdown resurgence of COVID-19 in the US? (2020, Mathematical Biosciences)
  • Mathematical modeling and analysis of COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria (2020, Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering)

Frequent coauthors in Gumel's research activities include:

  • Calistus N. Ngonghala
  • Salman Safdar
  • Enahoro Iboi
  • Binod Pant
  • Steffen E. Eikenberry

Gumel publishes regularly in several scientific venues. The most common journals and platforms for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Infectious Disease Modelling
  • Mathematical Biosciences
  • Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering
  • Journal of Mathematical Biology

In terms of research domains, Gumel's publications emphasize:

  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Health
  • Economics and Econometrics

The main topics covered throughout their research include:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health

Best Publications

  • To mask or not to mask: Modeling the potential for face mask use by the general public to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic

    Steffen E. Eikenberry;Marina Mancuso;Enahoro Iboi;Tin Phan

  • Mathematical assessment of the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on curtailing the 2019 novel Coronavirus.

    Calistus N. Ngonghala;Enahoro Iboi;Steffen E. Eikenberry;Matthew Scotch

  • Modelling strategies for controlling SARS outbreaks

    Abba B. Gumel;Shigui Ruan;Troy Day;James Watmough

  • Backward bifurcations in dengue transmission dynamics

    S.M. Garba;A.B. Gumel;M.R. Abu Bakar

  • A mathematical model for assessing control strategies against West Nile virus.

    C. Bowman;Abba Gumel;P. van den Driessche;J. Wu

  • Causes of backward bifurcations in some epidemiological models

    A.B. Gumel

  • Mathematical analysis of the transmission dynamics of HIV/TB coinfection in the presence of treatment

    Oluwaseun Sharomi;Chandra N. Podder;Abba B. Gumel;Baojun Song;Baojun Song

  • Will an imperfect vaccine curtail the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.?

    Enahoro A. Iboi;Calistus N. Ngonghala;Abba B. Gumel;Abba B. Gumel

  • Curtailing smoking dynamics: a mathematical modeling approach

    Oluwaseun Sharomi;Abba B. Gumel

  • A Vaccination Model for Transmission Dynamics of Influenza

    Murray E. Alexander;Christopher Bowman;Christopher Bowman;Seyed M. Moghadas;Randy Summers

  • MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF A MODEL FOR HIV-MALARIA CO-INFECTION

    Zindoga Mukandavire;Abba B. Gumel;Winston Garira;Jean Michel Tchuenche

  • When Is Quarantine a Useful Control Strategy for Emerging Infectious Diseases

    Troy Day;Andrew Park;Andrew Park;Andrew Park;Neal Madras;Abba Gumel;Abba Gumel

  • Role of incidence function in vaccine-induced backward bifurcation in some HIV models.

    O. Sharomi;C.N. Podder;A.B. Gumel;E.H. Elbasha

  • Backward Bifurcation and Optimal Control in Transmission Dynamics of West Nile Virus

    Kbenesh W. Blayneh;Abba B. Gumel;Suzanne Lenhart;Tim Clayton

  • An sveir model for assessing potential impact of an imperfect anti-sars vaccine.

    Abba B. Gumel;C. Connell McCluskey;James Watmough

  • Mathematical modeling of climate change and malaria transmission dynamics: a historical review

    Steffen E. Eikenberry;Abba B. Gumel

  • A primer on using mathematics to understand COVID-19 dynamics: Modeling, analysis and simulations

    Abba B. Gumel;Abba B. Gumel;Enahoro A. Iboi;Calistus N. Ngonghala;Elamin H. Elbasha

  • Assessing the role of basic control measures, antivirals and vaccine in curtailing pandemic influenza: scenarios for the US, UK and the Netherlands

    Miriam A Nuno;G. Chowell;A. B. Gumel

  • Analysis of a temperature- and rainfall-dependent model for malaria transmission dynamics

    Kamaldeen Okuneye;Abba B. Gumel

  • Theoretical assessment of public health impact of imperfect prophylactic HIV-1 vaccines with therapeutic benefits.

    Elamin H. Elbasha;Abba B. Gumel

  • A second-order scheme for the “Brusselator” reaction–diffusion system

    E.H. Twizell;A.B. Gumel;Q. Cao

  • Mathematical analysis of the role of repeated exposure on malaria transmission dynamics

    Ashrafi M. Niger;Abba B. Gumel

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald E. Mickens
Ronald E. Mickens Clark Atlanta University
Suzanne Lenhart
Suzanne Lenhart University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Gerardo Chowell
Gerardo Chowell Georgia State University
Pei Yu
Pei Yu University of Western Ontario
Christopher N. Bowman
Christopher N. Bowman University of Colorado Boulder
Ethan Rubinstein
Ethan Rubinstein University of Manitoba
Edwin Michael
Edwin Michael University of Notre Dame
Alison P. Galvani
Alison P. Galvani Yale University
Philippe R. S. Lagacé-Wiens
Philippe R. S. Lagacé-Wiens University of Manitoba
George Poste
George Poste Arizona State University

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