Hazards, spatial transmission and timing of outbreaks in epidemic metapopulations

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-277

  Bjørnstad, Ottar N ^a,b   Grenfell, Bryan T ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease ecology; Inter epidemic periods; Measles; Population dynamics; TSIR model

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MEASLES; METAPOPULATION; PERSISTENCE; PEST OUTBREAK;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 49049112694     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10651-007-0059-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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