When and why direct transmission models can be used for environmentally persistent pathogens
Variants of the susceptible-infected-removed (SIR) model of Kermack & McKendrick (1927) enjoy wide application in epidemiology, offering simple yet powerful inferential and predictive tools in the study of diverse infectious diseases across human, animal and plant populations. Direct transmissio...
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Public Library of Science
2021
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