Stochastic epidemic models: A survey

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-35

  Britton, Tom ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Critical vaccination coverage; Household epidemic; Multitype epidemic; Stochastic epidemic; Threshold theorem

Indexed keywords

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; EPIDEMIC MODELS; MULTI-TYPE EPIDEMICS; SIMPLE STOCHASTIC; STOCHASTIC EPIDEMICS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SURVEYS;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; MODELING; STOCHASTICITY; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HOUSEHOLD; INFERENTIAL STATISTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VACCINATION;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 77951498127     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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