Accounting for age-dependent susceptibility and occupation-dependent immune status: A new linear analytical SIR model

WSEAS Transactions on Mathematics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1241-1246

  McBride, Graham B ^a   French, Nigel P ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Analytical solutions; Differential group immunity; Dose response; Immunity loss; Turning points

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; DIFFERENTIAL GROUP IMMUNITY; DOSE-RESPONSE; IMMUNITY LOSS; TURNING POINTS;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 37849188695     PISSN: 11092769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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