The Mathematics of Infectious Diseases

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Summary

Threshold theorems involving the basic reproduction number, the contact number, and the replacement number R are reviewed for classic SIR epidemic and endemic models and results with new expressions for R_0 are obtained for MSEIR and SEIR endemic models with either continuous age or age groups.

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2000-12-01
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Measles, Basic reproduction number, Age structure, Mathematics, Epidemic model

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