A general solution for the epidemic with carriers

J. Booth, J. Gani, M. -P. Malice, H. Mansouri and G. Maravankin

Statistics & Probability Letters, 1986, vol. 4, issue 1, 9-15

Abstract: A recursive solution is obtained for the Laplace transforms of the probabilities in the epidemic model with carriers subject to a general infection mechanism.

Keywords: epidemic; process; carriers; matrix; geometric; methods; survival; probabilities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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