Modeling Infectious Disease Parameters Based on Serological and Social Contact Data A Modern Statistical Perspective /

• Main Authors: Hens, Niel (Author), Shkedy, Ziv (Author), Aerts, Marc (Author), Faes, Christel (Author), Van Damme, Pierre (Author), Beutels, Philippe (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Statistics for Biology and Health, 63
• Subjects: Statistics.; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences.; Statistics, general.; Statistical Theory and Methods.

Mathematical epidemiology of infectious diseases usually involves describing the flow of individuals between mutually exclusive infection states. One of the key parameters describing the transition from the susceptible to the infected class is the hazard of infection, often referred to as the force...