A stochastic model for head lice infections

DOI10.1007/s00285-007-0136-0zbMath1146.92324OpenAlexW1982583914WikidataQ51903546 ScholiaQ51903546MaRDI QIDQ938165

Patricia Stone, Hilde M. Wilkinson-Herbots, Valerie S. Isham

Publication date: 18 August 2008

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-007-0136-0

zbMATH Keywords

transmission dynamicsepidemicstochastic SIS modelhead lice

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Applications of Markov chains and discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (social mobility, learning theory, industrial processes, etc.) (60J20)

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