Some Simple Nosocomial Disease Transmission Models

Fred Brauer

doi:10.1007/s11538-015-0061-0

Some Simple Nosocomial Disease Transmission Models

Fred Brauer

Mathematical Computational Modeling Sciences Center, Simon A. Levin (MCMSC)

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Abstract

The SARS epidemic of 2002–2003 drew attention to nosocomial disease transmission as many of the disease cases were transmitted through hospital staff and visitors. Various types of model have been proposed to describe this, including metapopulation models. We formulate and analyze a simple compartmental model with heterogeneous mixing to describe nosocomial transmission and determine the reproduction number and final size relation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	460-469
Number of pages	10
Journal	Bulletin of mathematical biology
Volume	77
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-015-0061-0
State	Published - Mar 1 2015

Keywords

Epidemic models
Final size relation
Nosocomial transmission
Reproduction number

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Neuroscience
Immunology
General Mathematics
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Environmental Science
Pharmacology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Computational Theory and Mathematics

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