The first model of the epidemic process in the works of P. D. En'ko

Dietz, K.; En'ko, P.D.

Voprosy Virusologii 38(2): 59-63

1993


ISSN/ISBN: 0507-4088
PMID: 8059521
Document Number: 416260
The contribution of P. D. En'ko into the development of theoretical basis of epidemiology is briefly characterized. The study under consideration was published in 1889. En'ko succeed in correlating a discrete time model with actual cases of a measles epidemic which he observed in closed educational institutions of St. Petersburg. His remarkable investigation anticipated by nearly 40 years the Reed-Frost model.

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