Modelling heterogeneities in individual frailties in epidemic models.

DOI10.1016/S0895-7177(99)00119-3zbMath1043.92524OpenAlexW2079093727WikidataQ56764334 ScholiaQ56764334MaRDI QIDQ1596958

Marcelo N. Burattini, Francisco Antonio Bezerra Coutinho, Eduardo Massad, Luis Fernandez Lopez, Cláudio José Struchiner

Publication date: 5 May 2002

Published in: Mathematical and Computer Modelling (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0895-7177(99)00119-3

zbMATH Keywords

Force of infectionBasic reproduction numberFunctional analysisInfectious diseasesHeterogeneities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30)

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