Distribution of age at infection
"Age-specific susceptibility" and "Population age distribution" manifest the distribution of age at infection. This distribution at the beginning of an epidemic may be different from that at endemic equilibrium. The latter is sometimes used to estimate the reproduction number.
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Controlling Infectious Diseases »Controlling Infectious Diseases
Lessons from mathematical modelling »Lessons from mathematical modelling
Distribution of age at infection
Age-specific susceptibility, age-specific infection rate »Age-specific susceptibility, age-specific infection rate
Endemic equilibrium »Endemic equilibrium
Population age distribution »Population age distribution
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