A lattice-based model of rotavirus epidemics

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 359, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 525-537

  Lara Sagahon A ^a,b   Govezensky, T ^b   Mendez Sanchez R A ^c   Jose M V ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Forest fire models; Lattice based models; Rotavirus epidemics; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

FOREST-FIRE MODELS; LATTICE-BASED MODELS; ROTAVIRUS EPIDEMICS; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES;

IMMUNIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VIRUSES; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 27344433670     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.05.084     Document Type: Article

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