On estimating the contagiousness of a disease transmitted from person to person

DOI10.1016/0025-5564(81)90081-XzbMath0455.92017OpenAlexW2081292367MaRDI QIDQ1150334

S. H. Smith

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Mathematical Biosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-5564(81)90081-x

zbMATH Keywords

discrete-time modelspread of epidemicscontinuous- time modelestimating contagiousness of diseasevariola minor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Population dynamics (general) (92D25)

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