Tuberculosis reinfection rate as a proportion of total infection rate correlates with the logarithm of the incidence rate: A mathematical model

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 11-15

  Uys, Pieter W ^a,b   Van Helden, Paul D ^a   Hargrove, John W ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Incidence; Markov model; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Reinfection; Susceptibility; Transmission

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES;

INCIDENCE; MARKOV MODEL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REINFECTION; SUSCEPTIBILITY;

TERBIUM ALLOYS;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POSTPRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PROBABILITY;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 57349104394     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0184     Document Type: Article

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