Reed-Frost model
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The Reed-Frost model is a mathematical model of epidemics put forth in the 1920s by Lowell Reed
and Wade Hampton Frost
, of the Johns Hopkins University
.
Lowell Reed
Lowell Reed was 7th president of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.He had a long career as a research scientist in biostatistics and public health administration at Hopkins, where he was previously dean and director of the School of Public Health and later as vice president in...
and Wade Hampton Frost
Wade Hampton Frost
Wade Hampton Frost was born in Marshall, Virginia. He received his B.A. in 1901 and his M.D. in 1903, both from the University of Virginia....
, of the Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
.