Threshold parameters for a model of epidemic spread among households and workplaces

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue 40, 2009, Pages 979-987

  Pellis, L ^a   Ferguson, N M ^a   Fraser, C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemic models; Households; Social structure; Stochastic models; Threshold parameters; Workplaces and schools

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

EPIDEMIC MODELS; HOUSEHOLDS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; THRESHOLD PARAMETERS; WORKPLACES AND SCHOOLS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VACCINATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 70349778708     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0493     Document Type: Article

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