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A simple finite delayed multi-type branching process for infectious disease modeling

arXiv:2101.06790

Abstract

We study a model for the spread of an infectious disease which incorporates spatial and temporal effects. The model is a delayed multi-type branching process in which types represent geographic regions while infected individuals reproduce offspring during a finite time interval and have convalescence times and random death/recovery outcomes. We give simple expressions for the limit of the geometrically weighted mean evolution of the process.

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