Abstract
We establish the final size equation for a general age-of-infection epidemic model in a new simpler form if there are no disease deaths (total population size remains constant). If there are disease deaths, the final size relation is an inequality but we obtain an estimate for the final epidemic size.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 681-690 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2008 |
Keywords
- Age of infection
- Basic reproduction number
- Epidemic models
- Final size relation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Modeling and Simulation
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Computational Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics