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

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