A final size relation for epidemic models

2007, Volume 4, Issue 2: 159-175. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2007.4.159

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Department of Mathematics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2
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Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria, Victoria B.C., Canada V8W 3P4
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 5A3
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3

Received: 01 May 2006 Accepted: 29 June 2018 Published: 01 February 2007
MSC : 92D30.

A final size relation is derived for a general class of epidemic models, including models with multiple susceptible classes. The derivation depends on an explicit formula for the basic reproduction number of a general class of disease transmission models, which is extended to calculate the basic reproduction number in models with vertical transmission. Applications are given to specific models for influenza and SARS.
- vertical transmission.,
- basic reproduction number,
- epidemic models,
- final size relation
Citation: Julien Arino, Fred Brauer, P. van den Driessche, James Watmough, Jianhong Wu. A final size relation for epidemic models[J]. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2007, 4(2): 159-175. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2007.4.159

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Abstract

A final size relation is derived for a general class of epidemic models, including models with multiple susceptible classes. The derivation depends on an explicit formula for the basic reproduction number of a general class of disease transmission models, which is extended to calculate the basic reproduction number in models with vertical transmission. Applications are given to specific models for influenza and SARS.
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