Epidemic growth rate and household reproduction number in communities of households, schools and workplaces

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 691-734

  Pellis, Lorenzo ^a   Ferguson, Neil M ^a   Fraser, Christophe ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemic dynamics; Household reproduction number; Real time growth rate; Stochastic epidemic models; Structured populations; Two levels of mixing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SCHOOLS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; WORKPLACE;

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 80052744976     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-010-0386-0     Document Type: Article

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