Destabilization of epidemic models with the inclusion of realistic distributions of infectious periods

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1470, 2001, Pages 985-993

  Lloyd, Alun L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemic model; Infectious period distribution; Seasonally forced dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASLES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0035820841     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1599     Document Type: Article

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