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

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

S. H. Smith

Publication date: 1981

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

zbMATH Keywords

discrete-time model; spread of epidemics; continuous- time model; estimating contagiousness of disease; variola minor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62P10: Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis

92D25: Population dynamics (general)