Note on the threshold theorem of a heterogeneous SIR epidemic

Hamid El Maroufy

Statistics & Probability Letters, 2013, vol. 83, issue 1, 292-296

Abstract: We consider a stochastic model for the spread of an epidemic in a closed population consisting of two interacting groups, in which infectives cannot change their group, but are able to infect outside it. A threshold theorem analogous to that of Whittle is fairly proved for this model.

Keywords: Epidemic model; Coupling; Final size; Threshold theorems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2012.09.013

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