Non-exponential tolerance to infection in epidemic systems-modeling, inference, and assessment

Biostatistics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 580-593

  Streftaris, George ^a   Gibson, Gavin J ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian latent residuals; Infection threshold; Model assessment; Non Markovian model; SEIR model; Sellke construction; Stochastic epidemic models; Threshold modeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SMALLPOX; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SMALLPOX;

VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 84866407811     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxs011     Document Type: Article

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