An intuitive formulation for the reproductive number for the spread of diseases in heterogeneous populations

DOI10.1016/S0025-5564(00)00025-0zbMath0962.92033OpenAlexW2118653868WikidataQ52075311 ScholiaQ52075311MaRDI QIDQ1588328

Publication date: 17 June 2001

Published in: Mathematical Biosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0025-5564(00)00025-0

zbMATH Keywords

stability transmission dynamics endemic equilibrium reproductive number threshold conductors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Dynamical systems in biology (37N25)

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