Relative infection rate

relative number of individuals with whom an infectious individual makes sufficient contact (to pass infection) during a unit time

quantity

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Formula(s) and quantities

Defining Formula: $\beta \equiv \frac{\alpha }{N}$

$\beta$ symbol represents relative infection rate

$\alpha$ symbol represents contact rate

$N$ symbol represents total population size

Further links

Item	Property
rate of change of infectious in the SIR model	symbol represents
rate of change of susceptibles in the SIR model	symbol represents
relative infection rate	symbol represents
time evolution of the SIR model	contains

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