Estimation of the basic reproduction number for infectious diseases from age-stratified serological survey data

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 251-292

  Farrington, C P ^a   Kanaan, M N ^a   Gay, N J ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Eigenfunction; Frailty; Indeterminacy; Infectious disease; Model uncertainty; Profile deviance; Reproduction number; Serological survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035649220     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00233     Document Type: Article

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