An Introduction to Networks in Epidemic Modeling
- 1 January 2008
- book chapter
- Published by Springer Nature in Lecture Notes in Mathematics
- Vol. 1945, 133-146
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78911-6_4
Abstract
We use a stochastic branching process to describe the beginning of a disease outbreak. Unlike compartmental models, if the basic reproduction number is greater than one there may be a minor outbreak or a major epidemic with a probability depending on the nature of the contact network. We use a network approach to determine the distribution of outbreak and epidemic sizes.Keywords
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