The aim of this paper is to show that a large class of epidemic models, with both demography and nonpermanent immunity incorporated in a rather general manner, can be mathematically formulated as a scalar renewal equation for the force of infection.

On the formulation of epidemic models (an appraisal of Kermack and McKendrick)

Pugliese, Andrea;
2012-01-01

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The aim of this paper is to show that a large class of epidemic models, with both demography and nonpermanent immunity incorporated in a rather general manner, can be mathematically formulated as a scalar renewal equation for the force of infection.
2012
Suppl. 2
D., Breda; O., Diekmann; W. F., de Graaf; Pugliese, Andrea; R., Vermiglio
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