Influence of the transmission function on a simulated pathogen spread within a population

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1374-1382

  Hoch, T ^a   Fourichon, C ^a   Viet, A F ^a   Seegers, H ^a  

^a LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MICROORGANISM; POPULATION SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 52249109322     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880700979X     Document Type: Article

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