On the formulation of epidemic models (an appraisal of Kermack and McKendrick)
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2012
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The aim of this paper is to show that a large class of epidemic models, with both demography and nonpermanent immunity incorporated in a rather general manner, can be mathematically formulated as a scalar renewal equation for the force of infection.
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Breda, D, Diekmann, O, de Graaf, W F, Pugliese, A & Vermiglio, R 2012, 'On the formulation of epidemic models (an appraisal of Kermack and McKendrick)', Journal of Biological Dynamics, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 103-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/17513758.2012.716454