Epidemic modelling: Aspects where stochasticity matters

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-116

  Britton, Tom ^a   Lindenstrand, David ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Exponential growth rate; Infectious period; Latency period; Major outbreak probability; Stochastic epidemic model

Indexed keywords

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; EPIDEMIC MODELS; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH RATES; INFECTIOUS PERIOD; INFLUENZA A; INITIAL SPEED; STOCHASTIC EPIDEMICS; STOCHASTICITY;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; INFLUENZA; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; PANDEMIC; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; VACCINATION;

EID: 70450222692     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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