Networks, epidemics and vaccination through contact tracing

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Shaban, Nyimvua ^a,b   Andersson, Mikael ^a   Svensson, Åke ^a   Britton, Tom ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; Degree distribution; Delay time; Epidemic model; Networks; Vaccination model

Indexed keywords

CONTACT TRACING; DEGREE DISTRIBUTION; DELAY TIME; EPIDEMIC MODEL; NETWORKS; VACCINATION MODEL;

GRAPH THEORY; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EPIDEMIC; MODELING; REPRODUCTION; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; VACCINATION;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 54249122468     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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