The effect of using different types of periodic contact rate on the behaviour of infectious diseases: A simulation study

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1582-1590

  Moneim, I A ^a  

^a BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Different contact rates; Infectious diseases; Modelling; Periodicity; Poincar section; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BIFURCATION PARAMETERS; DISEASE DYNAMICS; PERIODIC CONTACT RATES;

DISEASES;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION; MEASLES; PERIODICITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION;

CHICKENPOX; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MEASLES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUMPS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PERIODICITY; SEASONS;

EID: 34548404314     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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