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. 1992 Sep;111(1):89-98.
doi: 10.1016/0025-5564(92)90080-g.

The effects of averaging on the basic reproduction ratio

F R Adler  1
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The effects of averaging on the basic reproduction ratio

F R Adler. Math Biosci. 1992 Sep.

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.

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