Impact of the infection period distribution on the epidemic spread in a metapopulation model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Vergu, Elisabeta ^a   Busson, Henri ^a,b   Ezanno, Pauline ^b  

^a UR341 National Agronomical Research Institute (INRA)   (France)

^b Epidemiology and Risk Analysis in Animal Health   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION MODEL; SECONDARY INFECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ALGORITHM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949699515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009371     Document Type: Article

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