A brief history of R0 and a recipe for its calculation

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 189-204

  Heesterbeek, J A P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0036025407     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016599411804     Document Type: Review

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