A Test to Detect Within-Family Infectivity When the Whole Epidemic Process Is Observed

An epidemic model for the spread of an infectious disease in a population of families is considered. The score test of the hypothesis that there is no higher infectivity between family members is constructed under the assumption that the epidemic process is observed continuously up to some time t. T...

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Veröffentlicht in:Scandinavian Journal of Statistics. - Blackwell Publishers, 1974. - 24(1997), 3, Seite 315-330
1. Verfasser: Britton, Tom (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1997
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Scandinavian Journal of Statistics
Schlagworte:counting process epidemic model information martingale theory score process within-family infectivity Health sciences Mathematics Social sciences Behavioral sciences