The impact of dispersion in the number of secondary infections on the probability of an epidemic

DOI10.1080/15598608.2008.10411867zbMath1420.60104OpenAlexW1981164288MaRDI QIDQ2324071

Niels G. Becker, Belinda Barnes

Publication date: 13 September 2019

Published in: Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/15598608.2008.10411867

zbMATH Keywords

epidemic controlsuperspreaderscontrol of infectious diseaseelimination of an infectionheterogeneity in disease transmissionvariance in disease transmission

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Applications of branching processes (60J85) Branching processes (Galton-Watson, birth-and-death, etc.) (60J80)

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