Modeling polio as a disease of development

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 237, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 302-315

  Bunimovich Mendrazitsky, Svetlana ^a   Stone, Lewi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Age structured model; Contact rate; Disease of development; Environmental factor; Epidemic; Polio; Threshold

Indexed keywords

DISEASE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HERD; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLIOMYELITIS; SANITATION;

EID: 26944446940     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.04.017     Document Type: Article

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