On the probability of extinction of the Haiti cholera epidemic

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2043-2055

  Bertuzzo, Enrico ^a   Finger, Flavio ^a   Mari, Lorenzo ^a,b   Gatto, Marino ^b   Rinaldo, Andrea ^a,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholera; Extinction; Haiti; SIR epidemic model; Stochastic simulator

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; LIGHT EXTINCTION; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CHOLERA; ENVIRONMENTAL RESERVOIRS; HAITI; INDIVIDUAL-BASED; SIR EPIDEMIC MODEL; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; STOCHASTIC SIMULATORS; TRANSMISSION CYCLES;

DISEASES;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84901726323     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-014-0906-3     Document Type: Article

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