Vectorial capacity, basic reproduction number, force of infection and all that: Formal notation to complete and adjust their classical concepts and equations

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 564-567

  Massad, Eduardo ^a,b   Coutinho, Francisco Antonio Bezerra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction rate; Borne infections; Dimensional analysis; Force of infection; Sporozoite rate; Vector; Vectorial capacity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84862295601     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000400022     Document Type: Article

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