The Impact of Re-Using Hypodermic Needles

B. Barnes and J. Gani
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B. Barnes: Australian National University
J. Gani: Australian National University

Chapter Chapter 6 in Modeling Uncertainty, 2002, pp 117-128 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This paper considers an epidemic which is spread by the re-use of unsterilized hypodermic needles. The model leads to a geometric type distribution with varying success probabilities, which is applied to model the propagation of the Ebola virus.

Keywords: epidemic and its intensity; Ebola virus; geometric type distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1007/0-306-48102-2_6

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