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Age-structured epidemic models are based on age-structured population models. Typically the linear age-structured population model, called the Lotka-McKendrick model, is used as a baseline population model in epidemic systems.
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Li, XZ., Yang, J., Martcheva, M. (2020). Linear Age-Structured Population Models as a Base of Age-Structured Epidemic Models. In: Age Structured Epidemic Modeling. Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics, vol 52. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42496-1_1
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