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. 2008 Jul-Aug;214(1-2):70-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.mbs.2008.02.009. Epub 2008 Feb 29.

A simple explanation for the low impact of border control as a countermeasure to the spread of an infectious disease

Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba  1 , Jacco Wallinga
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A simple explanation for the low impact of border control as a countermeasure to the spread of an infectious disease

Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba et al. Math Biosci. 2008 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

A simple model for the effect of border control or travel restrictions is proposed. It can be used to predict the corresponding results in quite complex disease spread models and has the advantage of providing easy qualitative understanding of the effects of this kind of intervention.

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