Eradication of infectious diseases in heterogeneous populations

DOI10.1016/0025-5564(87)90111-8zbMath0613.92022OpenAlexW2015648328WikidataQ60231300 ScholiaQ60231300MaRDI QIDQ1820090

Curtis C. Travis, Suzanne M. Lenhart

Publication date: 1987

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-5564(87)90111-8

zbMATH Keywords

epidemiologyvaccinationinfectious diseasesheterogeneous populationsSmallpoxdisease eradicationvariable intra- to intergroup contact ratios

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Population dynamics (general) (92D25)

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