Article
On the definition and the computation of the basic reproduction ratio R0 in models for infectious diseases in heterogeneous populations.
1990-01-01
Abstract excerpt
The expected number of secondary cases produced by a typical infected individual during its entire period of infectiousness in a completely susceptible population is mathematically defined as the dominant eigenvalue of a positive linear operator. It is shown that in certain special cases one can easily compute or estimate this eigenvalue. Several examples involving various structuring variables like age, sexual di...
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- Literature Corpus work
- de8c49ae-6f73-5280-95a5-adf85acf0081
- DOI
- 10.1007/bf00178324