Modeling Heterogeneity in Direct Infectious Disease Transmission in a Compartmental Model
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Modeling Heterogeneity in Direct Infectious Disease Transmission in a Compartmental Model
Mathematical models have been used to understand the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases and to assess the impact of intervention strategies. Traditional mathematical models usually assume a homogeneous mixing in the population, which is rarely the case in reality. Here, we construct a new transmission function by using as the probability density function a negative binomial distributi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1660-4601
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13030253