The effect of social mixing controls on the spread of smallpox - A two-level model

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 277-289

  Kress, Moshe ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Non homogeneous mixing; Response policies; SIR model; Smallpox; Social structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMALLPOX; SOCIAL CONTROL; VACCINATION;

BIOTERRORISM; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMALLPOX; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 29144471815     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-005-4138-4     Document Type: Article

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