Some elementary properties of SIR networks or, can i get sick because you got vaccinated?

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 713-727

  Floyd, William ^a   Kay, Leslie ^a   Shapiro, Michael ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bond percolation; Epidemics; SIR model; Social networks; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; VACCINATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 41049108489     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-007-9275-0     Document Type: Article

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