On the definition and the computation of the basic reproduction ratio R0 in models for infectious diseases in heterogeneous populations

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Summary

It is shown that in certain special cases one can easily compute or estimate the expected number of secondary cases produced by a typical infected individual during its entire period of infectiousness in a completely susceptible population.

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1990-06-01
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Reproduction, Basic reproduction number, Computation, Computer science, Biology

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