Utility of R0 as a predictor of disease invasion in structured populations

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 4, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 315-324

  Cross, Paul C ^a   Johnson, Philip L F ^b   Lloyd Smith, James O ^c   Getz, Wayne M ^b,d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Disease; Invasion; Metapopulation; SIR model; Superspreader

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GROUP STRUCTURE; HISTOGRAM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; METAPOPULATION; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; PANDEMIC; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 34047180040     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0185     Document Type: Article

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