The infectiousness of a disease in a community of households

DOI10.1093/biomet/70.1.29zbMath0525.92020OpenAlexW1992097660MaRDI QIDQ3039099

Niels G. Becker, John Llewelyn Hopper

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Biometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/biomet/70.1.29

zbMATH Keywords

martingalestochastic integralepidemic modelcommunity of householdsinfectious disease databetween-households infection ratescommon cold datainfection potentialwithin-household infection rates

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Population dynamics (general) (92D25)

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