A new look at the critical community size for childhood infections

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-216

  Nåsell, Ingemar ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asymptotic approximation; Demographic stochasticity; Quasi stationary distribution; Time to extinction; Transition region

Indexed keywords

INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

EID: 16244363078     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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