Effects of behavioral changes and mixing patterns in mathematical models for smallpox epidemics

In Chapter 1, we study the effects of behavioral changes in a smallpox attack model. Response strategies to a smallpox bioterrorist attack have focused on interventions such as isolation, contact tracing, quarantine, ring vaccination, and mass vaccination. We formulate and analyze a mathematical mod...

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Main Author: Del Valle, Sara Yemimah
Other Authors: Hethcote, Herbert W., 1941-
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2005
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Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/105
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1290&context=etd