The discounted reproductive number for epidemiology

The basic reproductive number, $\Ro$, and the effective reproductivenumber, $R$, are commonly used in mathematicalepidemiology as summary statistics for the size andcontrollability of epidemics.However, these commonly usedreproductive numbers can be misleading when appliedto predict pathogen evoluti...

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Main Authors: Timothy C. Reluga, Jan Medlock, Alison Galvani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2009-02-01
Series:Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
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Online Access:https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mbe.2009.6.377
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