On the critical behaviour of simple epidemics
Volume: 264, Issue: 1388, Pages: 1639 - 1646
Published: Nov 22, 1997
Abstract
We show how ideas and models which were originally introduced to gain an understanding of critical phenomena can be used to interpret the dynamics of epidemics of communicable disease in real populations. Specifically, we present an analysis of the dynamics of disease outbreaks for three common communicable infections from a small isolated island population. The strongly fluctuating nature of the temporal incidence of disease is captured by the...
Paper Details
Title
On the critical behaviour of simple epidemics
Published Date
Nov 22, 1997
Volume
264
Issue
1388
Pages
1639 - 1646
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