Richards model revisited: Validation by and application to infection dynamics

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 313, Issue , 2012, Pages 12-19

  Wang, Xiang Sheng ^a   Wu, Jianhong ^a   Yang, Yong ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymptotic approximation; Basic reproduction number; Over fitting; Richards model; SIR model

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENGUE FEVER; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CANADA; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DENGUE; DYNAMICS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SIMULATION; SINGAPORE; SIR MODEL; TAIWAN; VALIDATION STUDY;

CANADA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DENGUE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PANDEMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN;

CANADA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; TAIWAN;

EID: 84865320659     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.07.024     Document Type: Article

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