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Epidemic outbreaks in structured host populations
Horst R Thieme
For a heterogeneous host population, the basic reproduction number of an infectious disease, $\cR_0$, is defined as the spectral radius of the next generation operator (NGO). The t…
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A Kermack--McKendrick type epidemic model with double threshold phenomenon (and a possible application to Covid-19)
Joan Ponce, Horst R. Thieme
The suggestion by K.L. Cooke (1967) that infected individuals become infective if they are exposed often enough for a natural disease resistance to be overcome is built into a Kerm…