Researcher develops inference technique that estimates how many people will fall sick in an epidemic

In his third year of internal Laboratory Directed Research & Development (LDRD) funding, Jaideep Ray has figured out a way to determine the number of people likely to be infected and die from noncommunicable illnesses like anthrax — ailments that could be caused by a potential bioterrorist attack — as well as communicable diseases like smallpox.

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