The effect of population heterogeneities upon spread of infection

DOI10.1007/s00285-012-0578-xzbMath1302.92125OpenAlexW2060320057WikidataQ45198567 ScholiaQ45198567MaRDI QIDQ376325

Christopher J. Pearce, Damian Clancy

Publication date: 4 November 2013

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-012-0578-x

zbMATH Keywords

basic reproduction numberSIR epidemicSIS epidemicendemic prevalencefade-out of infectionoutbreak size

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Applications of branching processes (60J85) Applications of continuous-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces (60J28)

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