Perspectives on the basic reproductive ratio.

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Published in J R Soc Interface on September 22, 2005

Authors

J M Heffernan1, R J Smith, L M Wahl

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1: The Department of Applied Mathematics, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada.

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