Duration of a minor epidemic

Disease outbreaks in stochastic SIR epidemic models are characterized as either minor or major. When ℛ0<1, all epidemics are minor, whereas if ℛ0>1, they can be minor or major. In 1955, Whittle derived formulas for the probability of a minor or a major epidemic. A minor epidemic is distinguish...

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Main Authors: William Tritch, Linda J.S. Allen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2018-01-01
Series:Infectious Disease Modelling
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468042717300763