Introducing the Outbreak Threshold in Epidemiology

Matthew Hartfield; Samuel Alizon

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003277

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Introducing the Outbreak Threshold in Epidemiology

Matthew Hartfield ,

* E-mail: matthew.hartfield@ird.fr

Affiliation Laboratoire MIVEGEC (UMR CNRS 5290, IRD 224, UM1, UM2), Montpellier, France
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Samuel Alizon

Affiliation Laboratoire MIVEGEC (UMR CNRS 5290, IRD 224, UM1, UM2), Montpellier, France
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Introducing the Outbreak Threshold in Epidemiology

Matthew Hartfield,
Samuel Alizon

Published: June 6, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003277

About the Authors

Matthew Hartfield

* E-mail: matthew.hartfield@ird.fr

Affiliation Laboratoire MIVEGEC (UMR CNRS 5290, IRD 224, UM1, UM2), Montpellier, France

Samuel Alizon

Affiliation Laboratoire MIVEGEC (UMR CNRS 5290, IRD 224, UM1, UM2), Montpellier, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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