On the benefits of flattening the curve: a perspective

DOI10.1016/J.MBS.2020.108389MaRDI QIDQ2197756zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Zhilan Feng, John Glasser, Andrew N. Hill

Publication date 1 September 2020

Published in Mathematical Biosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc7255246

zbMATH Keywords

epidemic curvesimpact of mitigation measurespeak magnitude and timingtotal infections

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30)

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• The mathematics of infectious diseases

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