An event-based model of superspreading in epidemics

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1610, 2007, Pages 741-747

  James, Alex ^a   Pitchford, Jonathan W ^b   Plank, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Branching process; Environmental stochasticity; Epidemiology; Superspreading

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; INFECTIVITY; MODEL VALIDATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STOCHASTIC MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 33947416214     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0219     Document Type: Article

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