Epidemics with partial immunity to reinfection

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-159

  Katriel, Guy ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidemics; Final size formulas; Partial immunity; Reinfection threshold

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; AVERAGE NUMBERS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; EPIDEMICS; FINAL SIZE FORMULAS; PARTIAL IMMUNITY; RE-INFECTION; SYSTEM OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EPIDEMIC; EQUATION; IMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REINFECTION; THEORY VALIDATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78649446125     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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