The failure of R0

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Smith, Robert J ^c   Li, Jing ^a   Blakeley, Daniel ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; ESTIMATION;

BASIC REPRODUCTIVE RATIO; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY; METHOD OF CALCULATION; SPREAD OF DISEASE; SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION; THRESHOLD PARAMETERS;

DISEASES;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BIRTH RATE; BLUETONGUE; CALCULATION; CHOLERA; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DENGUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; GEOMETRY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; LATENT PERIOD; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALARIA; METAPOPULATION; MORTALITY; PLANT DISEASE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SECONDARY INFECTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 84856320054     PISSN: 1748670X     EISSN: 17486718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/527610     Document Type: Review

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