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Incorporating spatial components into models of epidemic spread. (English) Zbl 0839.92017

Mollison, Denis (ed.), Epidemic models: their structure and relation to data. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Publ. Newton Inst. 5, 119-149 (1995).
Summary: This paper reviews a series of linear and nonlinear mapping methods that may be used to establish the spatial corridors followed by an infectious disease as it moves from one geographical area to another. The techniques enable the relative importance of different spread components to be determined, as well as the velocity and direction of disease propagation . The manner in which spatial corridors may change over time is also examined. The paper concludes by assessing attempts to add spatial components to both SIR and time series models of epidemic spread.
For the entire collection see [Zbl 0831.00011].

MSC:

92D30 Epidemiology
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