Epidemic thresholds in dynamic contact networks

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue 32, 2009, Pages 233-241

  Volz, Erik ^a   Meyers, Lauren Ancel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex networks; Concurrency; Susceptible infected recovered

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; CONCURRENCY; DEGREE DISTRIBUTIONS; DYNAMIC CONTACTS; DYNAMIC NETWORK; EPIDEMIC MODELS; EPIDEMIC THRESHOLD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MIXING PARAMETERS; RANDOM NETWORK; RECOVERY RATE; SPECIFIC VALUES; STATIC NETWORKS; SUSCEPTIBLE-INFECTED-RECOVERED;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; HUMAN;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 64549088983     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0218     Document Type: Article

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