Susceptible-infected-recovered epidemics in dynamic contact networks

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1628, 2007, Pages 2925-2934

  Volz, Erik ^a   Meyers, Lauren Ancel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrency; Infectious disease; Networks; Susceptible infected recovered; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING METHOD; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NUMERICAL METHOD; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SYPHILIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; FORECASTING; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYPHILIS;

EID: 36549089548     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1159     Document Type: Article

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