The effect of network mixing patterns on epidemic dynamics and the efficacy of disease contact tracing

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 5, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 791-799

  Kiss, Istvan Z ^a   Green, Darren M ^b   Kao, Rowland R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; Epidemics; Mixing pattern; Networks

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT;

CONTACT TRACING; CONTROL MEASURES; DISASSORTATIVE NETWORKS; EPIDEMIC DYNAMICS; INFECTION RATES; MULTI-STEP; SINGLE STEP; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS;

MIXING;

ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION RATE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 45849149183     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2007.1272     Document Type: Article

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