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

DOI10.1016/j.tpb.2006.03.003zbMath1101.92039OpenAlexW2103780984WikidataQ51941219 ScholiaQ51941219MaRDI QIDQ851428

Lindi M. Wahl, Jane M. Heffernan

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

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

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