Mathematical model for the epidemiology of tuberculosis, with estimates of the reproductive number and infection-delay function

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 398-406

  Salpeter, Edwin E ^a   Salpeter, Shelley R ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Models; Statistical; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032520015     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009463     Document Type: Article

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