Epidemics in heterogeneous communities: Estimation of R0 and secure vaccination coverage

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 705-715

  Britton, Tom ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Consistency; Final size data; Multitype epidemic; Vaccination coverage; Vaccine efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035540917     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00307     Document Type: Article

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