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In the model of this chapter we consider the spread of an infectious disease within a population in which some initial number of individuals is already infected with the disease. We explore the conditions under which the disease outbreak follows regular patterns, or escalates and dies down.
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Hannon, B., Ruth, M. (2014). Infectious Diseases. In: Modeling Dynamic Biological Systems. Modeling Dynamic Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05615-9_21
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