Improving estimates of the basic reproductive ratio: Using both the mean and the dispersal of transition times

DOI10.1016/J.TPB.2006.03.003zbMATH Open1101.92039OpenAlexW2103780984WikidataQ51941219 ScholiaQ51941219MaRDI QIDQ851428FDOQ851428

Authors: Jane M. Heffernan, Lindi M. Wahl 

Publication date: 20 November 2006

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

Full work available at URL: http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc7126117

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zbMATH Keywords

Weibull distributionGamma distributionEpidemiologyBasic reproductive ratioSurvival probabilityVirus dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Epidemiology (92D30)

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