Contact rate calculation for a basic epidemic model

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-62

  Rhodes, C J ^a   Anderson, R M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic reproductive ratio; Homogeneous mixing; Mass action; Spatial epidemic model

Indexed keywords

ACTION MODELS; ANALYTIC; ANALYTIC FORMULAS; ANIMAL POPULATIONS; BASIC REPRODUCTIVE RATIO; BASIC REPRODUCTIVE RATIOS; CONTACT PROCESSES; DENSITY DEPENDENTS; DISEASE DYNAMICS; EPIDEMIC DYNAMICS; EPIDEMIC MODELS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENTS; HOMOGENEOUS MIXING; INFECTIOUS PATHOGENS; KINETIC MODELS; MASS-ACTION; RATE CALCULATIONS; SPATIAL EPIDEMIC MODEL;

CLARIFICATION; DYNAMICS;

MIXING;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOMINID; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 54449100092     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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