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Abstract
This paper formalizes the process of averaging the mixing patterns of behaviorally distinct individuals or groups. This averaging process is shown to decrease or leave unaltered the basic reproduction ratio R0 in epidemiological models with symmetric transmission between groups.Keywords: Behavior; Diseases--transmission; Epidemiologic Methods; Methodological Studies; Models, Theoretical; Research Methodology; World
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1515741 DOI: 10.1016/0025-5564(92)90080-g
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Math Biosci ISSN: 0025-5564 Impact factor: 2.144