Effects of host social hierarchy on disease persistence

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 424-433

  Davidson, Ross S ^a   Marion, Glenn ^b   Hutchings, Michael R ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease dynamics; Heterogeneous contact structures; Moment closure

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GAUSSIAN METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 47049084162     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.03.021     Document Type: Article

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