Infectious disease control using contact tracing in random and scale-free networks

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 55-62

  Kiss, Istvan Z ^a   Green, Darren M ^a   Kao, Rowland R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; Random networks; Scale free networks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VELOCITY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33747081546     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2005.0079     Document Type: Article

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