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In this chapter we present a simple model for the spread of an infectious disease. Several simplifying assumptions are made. In particular, the population is assumed to be closed, homogeneous and homogeneously mixing. Also, the effects of latent periods, change in behaviour, time varying infectivity and temporary or partial immunity are not taken into account. In later chapters we shall indicate ways of handling some of these complicating features of a real-life epidemic.
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Andersson, H., Britton, T. (2000). The standard SIR epidemic model. In: Stochastic Epidemic Models and Their Statistical Analysis. Lecture Notes in Statistics, vol 151. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1158-7_2
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