The effects of averaging on the basic reproduction ratio
- 1 September 1992
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Mathematical Biosciences
- Vol. 111 (1), 89-98
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-5564(92)90080-g
Abstract
This paper formalizes the process of averaging the mixing patterns of behaviorally distinct individuals or groups. This averaging process is shown to decrease or leave unaltered the basic reproduction ratio R0 in epidemiological models with symmetric transmission between groups.Keywords
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