The reinfection threshold regulates pathogen diversity: The case of influenza

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 136-142

  Gökaydin, Dinis ^a   Oliveira Martins, José B ^a   Gordo, Isabel ^a   Gomes, M Gabriela M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Influenza drift; Influenza shift; Pathogen diversity; Reinfection threshold

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; REINFECTION; ANIMAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33846855361     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0159     Document Type: Article

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