Journal of Applied Probability 1999. 36 :771-779
.@article{CIS-156629, Author = {Farrington, C. P. and Grant, A. D.}, Title = {The distribution of time to extinction in subcritical branching processes: Applications to outbreaks of infectious disease}, Journal = {Journal of Applied Probability}, Volume = {36}, Year = {1999}, Pages = {771--779}, Keywords = {Maximum likelihood estimation, Epidemic model, Power series distribution} }