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

DOI10.1016/J.TPB.2006.03.003MaRDI QIDQ851428zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

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

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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