On the formulation of epidemic models (an appraisal of Kermack and McKendrick)

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2012

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Breda, D.
Diekmann, O.ORCID 0000-0003-4695-7601ISNI 0000000108765903
de Graaf, W. F.ISNI 0000000391694062
Pugliese, A.
Vermiglio, R.

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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