Multi-Type Branching Processes Modeling of Nosocomial Epidemics

Authors

Zeinab Mohamed, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Tamer Oraby, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-31-2017

Abstract

Nosocomial epidemics are infectious diseases which spread among different types of susceptible individuals in a health-care facility. To model this type of epidemics, we use a multi-type branching process with a multivariate negative binomial offspring distribution. In particular, we estimate the basic reproduction number R0 and study its relationship with the parameters of the offspring distribution. in case of a single-type epidemic, we investigate the effect of contact tracing on the estimates for R0.

Comments

Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1515/eqc-2017-0026

Recommended Citation

Mohamed, Z., & Oraby, T. (2017). Multi-Type Branching Processes Modeling of Nosocomial Epidemics. Stochastics and Quality Control, 32(2), 63–75. https://doi.org/10.1515/eqc-2017-0026

Publication Title

Stochastics and Quality Control

DOI

10.1515/eqc-2017-0026