The effect of heterogeneity on the spread of disease

Niels Becker; Ian Marschner

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The effect of heterogeneity on the spread of disease

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Abstract

In the formulations of standard epidemic models it is usually assumed that, as far as the spread of the disease is concerned, the community consists of homogeneous individuals who mix uniformly with one another. This is a simplifying assumption which helps to make the mathematics tractable. Empirical evidence suggests that in real world epidemics there is often variability among individuals. It is therefore important to determine how the introduction of heterogeneity among individuals is likely to affect any conclusions arrived at from consideration of the standard epidemic models.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Stochastic Processes in Epidemic Theory
Editors	J. -P. Gabriel, C. Lefevre, P. Picard
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer, Springer Nature
Pages	90-103
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9783662100677
ISBN (Print)	9783540525714
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10067-7_9
Publication status	Published - 1990
Externally published	Yes

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