The Galton-Watson branching process as a quantitative tool in parasitology

Parasitology Today

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 159-165

  Taneyhill, D E ^a   Dunn, A M ^a   Hatcher, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EPIDEMIC; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE MIGRATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROGENY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0032948084     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01417-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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