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Random Allocation Methods in an Epidemic Model

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A random allocation model is developed for the numbers of susceptibles in a group of n IVDU’s who become infected by i HIV-infectives sharing needles. A comparison of this model and the classical Reed-Frost model is outlined.

Research carried out with the support of NIH grant R01 AI29426.

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  1. Department of Statistics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 93106-3110

    J. Gani

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  1. Department of Statistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3260, USA

    Stamatis Cambanis  & Pranab K. Sen  & 

  2. Indian Statistical Institute, 203, B.T. Road, 700035, Calcutta, India

    Jayanta K. Ghosh

  3. Indian Statistical Institute, 7, S.J.S. Sansanwal Marg, New Delhi, 110016, India

    Rajeeva L. Karandikar

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Gani, J. (1993). Random Allocation Methods in an Epidemic Model. In: Cambanis, S., Ghosh, J.K., Karandikar, R.L., Sen, P.K. (eds) Stochastic Processes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7909-0_12

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