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A note on the total size distribution of epidemic models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Frank Ball
Frank Ball*
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
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∗ Postal address: Department of Mathematics, The University of Nottingham, University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
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Abstract

A simple coupling argument is used to obtain a new proof of a result of Daniels (1967) concerning the total size distribution of the general stochastic epidemic. The proof admits a straightforward generalisation to multipopulation epidemics and indicates that similar results are unlikely to be available for epidemics with non-exponential infectious periods.

Keywords

SIZE OF EPIDEMICCOUPLINGMULTIPOPULATION EPIDEMIC

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Short Communications
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , September 1986 , pp. 832 - 836
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1986 

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