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The spread of infection in a heterogeneous population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Violet Cane  and
Rosanne McNamee
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Abstract

A simple interaction model is proposed for describing variable meeting-rates in a population exposed to a contagious disease. In comparison with the usual assumption of a uniform meeting-rate it predicts, on average, a more rapid spread of infection initially and a slower spread finally; it also predicts that, for a given removal rate, an epidemic could develop among a smaller number of susceptibles.

Keywords

NON-HOMOGENEOUS MIXINGSIMPLE EPIDEMICEPIDEMIC WITH REMOVALS
Type
Part 4 — Human Populations
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 19 , Issue A , 1982 , pp. 173 - 184
Copyright
Copyright © 1982 Applied Probability Trust 

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