On the definition and the computation of
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O. Diekmann; J. A. P. Heesterbeek; J. A. J. Metz
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Article
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1990
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Springer
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English
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The expected number o f secondary cases produced by a typical infected individual during its entire period o f infectiousness in a completely susceptible population is mathematically defined as the dominant eigenvalue of a positive linear operator. It is shown that in certain special cases one can e