Parameter estimation of some epidemic models. the case of recurrent epidemics caused by respiratory syncytial virus

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1890-1901

  Capistrán, Marcos A ^a   Moreles, Miguel A ^a   Lara, Bruno ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Epidemic models; Numerical methods; Parameter estimation; Seasonal epidemics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FINLAND; GAMBIA; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FINLAND; GAMBIA; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 70350365793     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-009-9429-3     Document Type: Article

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