THE EFFECT OF SUPERINFECTION ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE INFECTIOUS PERIOD - A CONTINUED-FRACTION APPROXIMATION

Authors
PARTHASARATHY PR
Citation
Pr. Parthasarathy, THE EFFECT OF SUPERINFECTION ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE INFECTIOUS PERIOD - A CONTINUED-FRACTION APPROXIMATION, IMA journal of mathematics applied in medicine and biology, 14(2), 1997, pp. 113-123
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematical Methods, Biology & Medicine","Biology Miscellaneous","Mathematics, Miscellaneous
Journal title
IMA journal of mathematics applied in medicine and biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02650746
Volume
14
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
113 - 123
Database
ISI
SICI code
0265-0746(1997)14:2<113:TEOSOT>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
It has been shown that the density function of the duration of infecti on in a superinfection malaria model can be approximated by a mixture of exponential density functions. This is achieved by an application o f continued fractions. Numerical calculations and graphs illustrate th at this approach is effective.