The basic reproduction number and the probability of extinction for a dynamic epidemic model

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-35

  Neal, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Branching process approximation; Dynamic SIR epidemics; Extinction probability

Indexed keywords

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BRANCHING PROCESS; DISTRIBUTION MODELS; EPIDEMIC MODELS; EXTINCTION PROBABILITY; INFECTIOUS PERIOD; MARKOV TRANSITION MATRICES; POPULATION SIZES; SUB-POPULATIONS; TRANSITION MATRICES;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EPIDEMIC; EXTINCTION; MARKOV CHAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; EPIDEMIC; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION DISPERSION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; POPULATION SIZE; PROBABILITY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84857795612     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: 18793134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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