On the correlation between variance in individual susceptibilities and infection prevalence in populations

DOI10.1007/s00285-015-0870-7zbMath1387.92083OpenAlexW2047363931WikidataQ41183536 ScholiaQ41183536MaRDI QIDQ893830

Alessandro Margheri, M. Gabriela M. Gomes, Carlota Rebelo

Publication date: 20 November 2015

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-015-0870-7

zbMATH Keywords

varianceepidemiological modelheterogeneous populationsusceptibility distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Population dynamics (general) (92D25)

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