A stochastic SIS epidemic with demography: Initial stages and time to extinction

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 333-348

  Andersson, Patrik ^a   Lindenstrand, David ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coupling; Diffusion approximation; Ornstein Uhlenbeck; Outbreak probability; Quasi stationarity; SIS model; Stochastic epidemic model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSTATISTICS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS; TIME;

BIOSTATISTICS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79951513594     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-010-0336-x     Document Type: Article

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