Role of environmental persistence in pathogen transmission: A mathematical modeling approach

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 535-546

  Breban, Romulus ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Direct transmission; Environmental persistence; Environmental transmission; Slow fast dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872332588     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-012-0520-2     Document Type: Article

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