The scaling of contact rates with population density for the infectious disease models

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 125-134

  Hu, Hao ^a   Nigmatulina, Karima ^a   Eckhoff, Philip ^a  

^a Intellectual Ventures   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact rate; Crowd dynamics; Epidemic model; Population density; Transmission scaling

Indexed keywords

CROWD DYNAMICS; EPIDEMIC MODELS; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE MODELS; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; POPULATION DENSITIES; TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL; VAN DER WAALS CORRECTION;

DIGITAL STORAGE; END EFFECTORS; MASS TRANSPORTATION; MIXING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MODELING; POPULATION DENSITY;

ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CONTACT RATE; COWPOX; CROWDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HOME RANGE; INFECTION; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; RABIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPANISH INFLUENZA; VOLE; VULPES VULPES;

CONTACT RATE; CROWD DYNAMICS; EPIDEMIC MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; TRANSMISSION SCALING;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84881232049     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: 18793134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2013.04.013     Document Type: Article

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