Determinants of periodicity in seasonally driven epidemics

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 305, Issue , 2012, Pages 88-95

  Uziel, Asher ^a   Stone, Lewi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Infectious diseases; Nonlinear dynamics; Seasonal epidemics; SIR model

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERIODICITY; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; DYNAMICS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PARAMETER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; OBSERVATION; PERIODICITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BIRTH RATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PERIODICITY; SEASONS;

EID: 84860299298     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.02.031     Document Type: Article

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