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On the limiting behaviour of Downton's carrier epidemic in the case of a general infection mechanism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

James G. Booth
James G. Booth*
Affiliation:
University of Florida
*
∗Postal address: Department of Statistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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Abstract

A generalization of Downton's (1968) carrier-borne epidemic process is considered in which the assumption of homogeneous mixing is replaced by a general infection mechanism. Using a method and notation similar to that of Gani and Purdue (1984), a recursive algorithm for the joint distribution of the total size and the total observed size of the epidemic is obtained.

Keywords

EPIDEMIC PROCESSMATRIX-GEOMETRIC METHODS
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , September 1989 , pp. 625 - 630
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1989 

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