A simple explanation for the low impact of border control as a countermeasure to the spread of an infectious disease

DOI10.1016/j.mbs.2008.02.009zbMath1145.92338OpenAlexW2013356180WikidataQ51889201 ScholiaQ51889201MaRDI QIDQ938692

Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba, Jacco Wallinga

Publication date: 27 August 2008

Published in: Mathematical Biosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2008.02.009

zbMATH Keywords

countermeasuresborder controldisease spread model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Application models in control theory (93C95)

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