Reed-Frost model


Reed-Frost model

(rēd frost), mathematical model of infectious disease transmission and herd immunity. The model gives the number of new cases of an infection that can be expected in a specified time in a closed, freely mixing population of immune and susceptible individuals, with varying assumptions about frequency of contact.

Reed-Frost mod·el

(rēd-frawst mod'ĕl) Mathematical model of infectious disease transmission and herd immunity. The model gives the number of new cases of an infection that can be expected in a specified time in a closed, freely mixing population of immune and susceptible people, with varying assumptions about frequency of contact.

Reed,

Walter, U.S. army surgeon, 1851-1902. Reed-Frost model - mathematical model of infectious disease transmission and herd immunity.