| Article ID: | iaor19992713 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 35 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 448 |
| End Page Number: | 462 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1998 |
| Journal: | Journal of Applied Probability |
| Authors: | Diekmann O., Jong M.C.M. de, Metz J.A.J. |
| Keywords: | epidemiology |
We introduce a certain population contact structure and derive, in three different ways, the final size equation for a quite general superimposed epidemic process. The contact structure is characterized by the following two properties: (i) each individual contacts exactly