Extending the type reproduction number to infectious disease control targeting contacts between types

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1067-1082

  Shuai, Zhisheng ^a   Heesterbeek, J A P ^b   van den Driessche, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Infectious disease control; Target reproduction number; Type reproduction number

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL;

EID: 84885385423     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-012-0579-9     Document Type: Article

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