Stochastic epidemics: The expected duration of the endemic period in higher dimensional models

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-27

  Grasman, Johan ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MIGRATION; MODELING;

DISEASE MODEL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EVOLUTION; INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0032528857     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(98)10020-2     Document Type: Article

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