The deterministic limit of infectious disease models with dynamic partners

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-175

  Altmann, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Limit theorems; Mathematical models; Social networks; Stochastic processes

Indexed keywords

INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MODELLING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INFECTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032526467     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(98)00012-1     Document Type: Article

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