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An Application of the Logistic Distribution to the Analysis of a Measles Epidemic
Author(s) -
Slymen D. J.,
Woolson R. F.,
Myers M. G.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
biometrical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-4036
pISSN - 0323-3847
DOI - 10.1002/bimj.4710210106
Subject(s) - measles , immunization , logistic regression , estimation , statistics , maximum likelihood , logistic distribution , routine immunization , mathematics , distribution (mathematics) , medicine , virology , vaccination , immunology , engineering , systems engineering , antigen , mathematical analysis
The relationship between the development of measles and age at immunization and time since immunization is examined using a trichotomous logistic distribution with maximum likelihood estimation of the parameters. The first and second partial derivatives used in the estimation scheme are presented.