A deterministic epidemic model taking account of repeated contacts between the same individuals

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 448-462

  Diekmann, O ^a   De Jong, M C M ^b   Metz, J A J ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction ratio; Contact structure; Final size

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032392720     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021900200015072     Document Type: Article

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