A new epidemic model with indirect transmission

We consider an epidemic model in which all disease transmission is through shedding of virus by infectives and acquisition by susceptibles, rather than by direct contact. This leads to an susceptible-infectious-virus-removed (SIVR) model for which we can determine the basic reproduction number and t...

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Main Author: Fred Brauer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-08-01
Series:Journal of Biological Dynamics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17513758.2016.1207813