The state-reproduction number for a multistate class age structured epidemic system and its application to the asymptomatic transmission model

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-89

  Inaba, Hisashi ^a   Nishiura, Hiroshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic transmission; Class age structure; Generation time; Intrinsic growth rate; Serial interval; State reproduction number

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; CLASS AGE STRUCTURE; GENERATION TIME; INTRINSIC GROWTH RATE; SERIAL INTERVAL; STATE-REPRODUCTION NUMBER;

CLARIFICATION; ECOLOGY; EQUATIONS OF STATE; POPULATION STATISTICS;

DISEASE CONTROL;

AGE STRUCTURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EQUATION; GROWTH RATE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MODELING; VIRAL DISEASE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROWTH RATE; INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL PROCEDURES; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PANDEMIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMALLPOX; SPANISH INFLUENZA;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMALLPOX;

VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 54349112795     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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