Resolving the impact of waiting time distributions on the persistence of measles

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue 45, 2010, Pages 623-640

  Conlan, Andrew J K ^a   Rohani, Pejman ^b,f   Lloyd, Alun L ^c   Keeling, Matthew ^d   Grenfell, Bryan T ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Measles; Persistence; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

AGE DEPENDENCE; COMMUNITY SIZE; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; HUMAN POPULATION; LONG LASTING; POPULATION SIZES; RE-INFECTION; SEASONALITY; SIMPLE MODEL; SPATIAL COUPLINGS; STATISTICAL MEASURES; STOCHASTIC DYNAMICS; STOCHASTICITY; THEORETICAL MODELS; WAITING TIME DISTRIBUTIONS;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; IMMUNITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MEASLES; POPULATION; POPULATION SIZE; REINFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WAITING TIME DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77950807335     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0284     Document Type: Article

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