Five challenges for stochastic epidemic models involving global transmission

The most basic stochastic epidemic models are those involving global transmission, meaning that infection rates depend only on the type and state of the individuals involved, and not on their location in the population. Simple as they are, there are still several open problems for such models. For...

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Main Authors: Tom Britton, Thomas House, Alun L. Lloyd, Denis Mollison, Steven Riley, Pieter Trapman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:Epidemics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436514000280