A stochastic model for head lice infections

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 743-763

  Stone, Patricia ^a   Wilkinson Herbots, Hilde ^a   Isham, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemic; Head lice; Stochastic SIS model; Transmission dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SKIN DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEDICULUS; SCALP DERMATOSES; SCHOOLS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

PEDICULUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS;

EID: 41149115138     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-007-0136-0     Document Type: Article

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