PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Robert Smith
TI  - A report on the zombie outbreak of 2009: how mathematics can save us (no, really)
AID  - 10.1503/cmaj.091704
DP  - 2009 Dec 08
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - E297--E300
VI  - 181
IP  - 12
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/181/12/E297.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/181/12/E297.full
SO  - CMAJ2009 Dec 08; 181
AB  - An outbreak of zombification wreaked havoc recently in Canada and the rest of the world. Mathematical models were created to establish the speed of zombie infection and evaluate potential scenarios for intervention, mainly because mathematicians don’t have anything better to do with their time. We review the development of these models and their effect on the undead.