Meningitis, pathogenicity near criticality: the epidemiology of meningococcal disease as a model for accidental pathogens

DOI10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00041-9zbMath1465.92130OpenAlexW2170854237WikidataQ40590099 ScholiaQ40590099MaRDI QIDQ2177213

Nico Stollenwerk, Vincent A. A. Jansen

Publication date: 6 May 2020

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5193(03)00041-9

zbMATH Keywords

branching processmaster equationpopulation structurepower law\textit{Neisseria meningitidis}asymptomatic carriagesepticaemia

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30)

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