On the number of recovered individuals in the SIS and SIR stochastic epidemic models

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-55

  Artalejo, J R ^a   Economou, A ^b   Lopez Herrero, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Extinction time; Outbreak of ESBL; Recovered individuals; Stochastic SIR model; Stochastic SIS model; Transient behavior

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION TIME; OUTBREAK OF ESBL; RECOVERED INDIVIDUALS; SIR MODEL; SIS MODEL; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RECOVERY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE;

EPIDEMIC; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; PROBABILITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; SPAIN; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957673053     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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