Polynomial epidemics and clustering in contact networks

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2004, Pages

  Szendroi, Balázs ^a   Csányi, Gábor ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clustering; Contact network; Epidemic; Polynomial spreading

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 3242889980     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0188     Document Type: Article

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