Modeling epidemics caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 95-113

  Weber, Andreas ^a   Weber, Martin ^b   Milligan, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Parameter estimates; Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV); SEIRS model; SIRS model; Threshold conditions; Transmission

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALS; IMMUNIZATION; VIRUSES;

REPRODUCTION NUMBER; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTICAL VIRUS;

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EPIDEMIC;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMULATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CHILD; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FLORIDA; GAMBIA; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; SEASONS; SINGAPORE; WEATHER;

RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS; SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 0034847341     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(01)00066-9     Document Type: Article

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