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The severity of a viral host-vector epidemic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

J. Radcliffe
J. Radcliffe*
Affiliation:
Queen Mary College, London
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Abstract

An analogue of the deterministic pandemic threshold theorem for a measles epidemic is established for a viral host-vector epidemic. The severity of the epidemic is shown to be the unique positive solution of a pair of equations.

Keywords

HOST-VECTOR EPIDEMICSEVERITYPANDEMIC THRESHOLD THEOREM
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , December 1976 , pp. 791 - 794
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1976 

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