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A note on the expected number of survivors in supercritical carrier-borne epidemics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Roy Saunders ,
Claude Lefèvre  and
Richard J. Kryscio
Roy Saunders*
Affiliation:
Northern Illinois University
Claude Lefèvre*
Affiliation:
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Richard J. Kryscio*
Affiliation:
Northern Illinois University
*
∗ Postal address: Department of Mathematical Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, U.S.A. Research partially supported by National Science Foundation Grant No. MCS 77-03582.
∗∗ Postal address: Institut de Statistiques, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine C.P.210, Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium.
∗ Postal address: Department of Mathematical Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, U.S.A. Research partially supported by National Science Foundation Grant No. MCS 77-03582.
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Abstract

We provide a formal proof of a conclusion due to Abakuks (1974) which states that the expected number of survivors in Downton's carrier-borne epidemic model approaches the limit (ρ /π)δ as the initial number of susceptibles tends to infinity. Here ρ denotes the relative removal rate for carriers, π denotes the conditional probability that an infected susceptible will become a carrier, δ denotes the Kronecker delta function and denotes the initial number of carriers.

Keywords

CARRIER-BORNE EPIDEMICSEXPECTED NUMBER OF SURVIVORSSUPERCRITICAL
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , September 1979 , pp. 646 - 650
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1979 

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