Journal article
Modeling the overdispersion of parasite loads.
- Barbour AD Institut für Angewandte Mathematik, Universität Zürich, Switzerland.
- Kafetzaki M
- 1991-12-01
Published in:
- Mathematical biosciences. - 1991
English
Many epidemic models lead to an approximately Poisson distribution of parasites among hosts. This is at variance with observation, where heavy overdispersion is the rule. A simple model is proposed that, while treating individuals alike, nonetheless gives rise to highly variable parasite loads.
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- English
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- closed
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- DOI 10.1016/0025-5564(91)90008-7
- PMID 1806117
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- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/220924
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