Models for the simple epidemic

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-39

  Webster West, R ^a   Thompson, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POPULATION MODEL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MODELLING;

EID: 0030824540     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(96)00169-1     Document Type: Article

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