An application of the SIR model to the evolution of epidemics in Portugal

• Author(s): Correia, António M. ; Mena, Filipe C. ; Soares, A. J.
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/15211
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

We apply the SIR model to study the evolution of Measles and Hepatitis C in Portugal using data from 1996 until 2007. Our results are potentially interesting to forecast the evolution of those viruses in subsequent years.