Abstract
The age of infection approach introduced by Kermack and Mckendrick in 1927 gives a unified way of describing and analyzing a variety of epidemic models, including models with multiple stages, treatment, and heterogeneous mixing. The author gives a description of the main results for such models, emphasizing the use of the final size relation to estimate the size of the epidemic.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 289-304 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Chinese Annals of Mathematics. Series B |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Basic reproduction number
- Epidemic models
- Final size relation
- Treatment models
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mathematics(all)
- Applied Mathematics