An epidemic model with infector-dependent severity

DOI10.1239/aap/1198177234zbMath1130.92045OpenAlexW2104321351MaRDI QIDQ5443146

Tom Britton, Frank G. Ball

Publication date: 20 February 2008

Published in: Advances in Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1239/aap/1198177234

zbMATH Keywords

basic reproduction numberfinal sizethreshold behaviourdensity dependent population processvarying severity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Applications of branching processes (60J85) Special processes (60K99)

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