Epidemiological modeling in a branching population. Particular case of a general SIS model with two age classes

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-111

  Jacob, C ^a   Viet, A F ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Branching process; Discrete time; Epidemiology; Horizontal transmission; SIS model; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BRANCHING POPULATION;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYNAMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0037368193     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(02)00160-8     Document Type: Article

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