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		"title": "Spring Semester 2017",
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		"url": "https://events.ucf.edu/calendar/3341/spring-semester-2017/"
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	"id": "4214501",
	"title": "Mathematical Biology Seminar by Carolina Solomon, UCF",
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	"description": "\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href\u003D\u0022https://sciences.ucf.edu/mathbio/mathematical\u002Dbiology\u002Dseminar/\u0022 target\u003D\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMathematical Biology Seminar\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECarolina Solomon\u0026nbsp\u003B\u003C/strong\u003E(UCF School of Data, Mathematical, and Statistical Sciences) will speak on \u0022\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EModeling the Effects of Post Infection Mortality on Malaria Dynamics\u003C/strong\u003E\u0022\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/em\u003E\u0026nbsp\u003Bat this week\u0027s seminar.\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract: \u003C/strong\u003EIn 2025, the World Health Organization reported 282 million cases of malaria with approximately 610,000 being fatal. Of those fatalities, about 95% were caused by the \u003Cem\u003EPlasmodium falciparum\u003C/em\u003E strand. \u003Cem\u003EP. falciparum\u003C/em\u003E is unique, such that it can cause mortality after recovery due to long\u002Dterm effects of cerebral malaria and severe anemia. To study the impact of post infection mortality (PIM), we formulated a modified susceptible, exposed, infected, and removed (SEIR) disease model for \u003Cem\u003EP. falciparum\u003C/em\u003E and investigated the change in dynamics when incorporating the PIM factor. Analytic and numerical studies demonstrate the occurrence of oscillation at parameter values induced by the joint impact of reinfection and mortality of recovered individuals. This can provide insight into public health by showing how \u003Cem\u003EP. falciparum\u003C/em\u003E disease dynamics may differ from what we previously believed and show a possible need for more long\u002Dterm monitoring of recovered patients.\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShort Bio: \u003C/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp\u003BCarolina Solomon is a third\u002Dyear undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics at the University of Central Florida. She was supported by the 2026 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship to investigate the effect of Post Infection Mortality on malaria dynamics. She hopes to continue her research in mathematical epidemiology and work on an undergraduate honors thesis in her last year at UCF.\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003C/p\u003E",
	"location": "MSB 318: Mathematical Sciences Building, Room 318",
	"location_url": "https://www.ucf.edu/location/mathematical\u002Dsciences\u002Dbuilding/",
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	"starts": "Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:00:00 -0400",
	"ends": "Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:00:00 -0400",
	"ongoing": "False",
	"category": "Speaker/Lecture/Seminar",
	"tags": ["UCF Statistics","Mathematical Biology Seminar","UCF Biology","UCF Mathematics"],
	"contact_name": "Erika Lin",
	"contact_phone": null,
	"contact_email": "erika.lin@ucf.edu",
	"url": "https://events.ucf.edu/event/4214501/mathematical-biology-seminar-by-carolina-solomon-ucf/"
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