A stochastic SIR model with contact-tracing: Large population limits and statistical inference

Journal of Biological Dynamics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 392-414

  Clémençon, Stéphan ^a   Chi Tran, Viet ^b   de Arazoza, Hector ^c  

^a TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LILLE 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Central limit theorem; Contact tracing; HIV; Large population approximation; Mathematical epidemiology; Maximum likelihood estimation; Measure valued Markov process; Stochastic SIR model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CUBA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT TRACING; CUBA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 77955097265     PISSN: 17513758     EISSN: 17513766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17513750801993266     Document Type: Article

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