Mathematical study of the impact of quarantine, isolation and vaccination in curtailing an epidemic

Journal of Biological Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-202

  Podder, Chandra N ^a   Gumel, Abba B ^a   Bowman, Chris S ^a,b   Mcleod, Robert G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemic; Isolation; Partial Rank Correlation Coefficients (PRCCs); Quarantine; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547382371     PISSN: 02183390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218339007002180     Document Type: Article

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