A brief history of Ro and a recipe for its calculation

J.A.P. Heesterbeek

doi:10.1023/A:1016599411804

A brief history of Ro and a recipe for its calculation

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Abstract

In this paper I present the genesis of R0 in demography, ecology and epidemiology, from embryo to its current adult form. I argue on why it has taken so long for the concept to mature in epidemiology when there were ample opportunities for cross-fertilisation from demography and ecology from where it reached adulthood fifty years earlier. Today, R0 is a more fully developed adult in epidemiology than in demography. In the final section I give an algorithm for its calculation in heterogeneous populations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	189-204
Number of pages	16
Journal	Acta Biotheoretica
Volume	50
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016599411804
Publication status	Published - 2002

Access to Document

10.1023/A:1016599411804

Heesterbeek2002_Article_ABriefHistoryOfR0AndARecipeForFinal published version, 166 KB

Cite this

@article{ad5905746eff4c6ab38d59ff11ee55a8,

title = "A brief history of Ro and a recipe for its calculation",

abstract = "In this paper I present the genesis of R0 in demography, ecology and epidemiology, from embryo to its current adult form. I argue on why it has taken so long for the concept to mature in epidemiology when there were ample opportunities for cross-fertilisation from demography and ecology from where it reached adulthood fifty years earlier. Today, R0 is a more fully developed adult in epidemiology than in demography. In the final section I give an algorithm for its calculation in heterogeneous populations.",

author = "J.A.P. Heesterbeek",

year = "2002",

doi = "10.1023/A:1016599411804",

language = "English",

volume = "50",

pages = "189--204",

journal = "Acta Biotheoretica",

issn = "0001-5342",

publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media B.V.",

number = "3",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - A brief history of Ro and a recipe for its calculation

AU - Heesterbeek, J.A.P.

PY - 2002

Y1 - 2002

N2 - In this paper I present the genesis of R0 in demography, ecology and epidemiology, from embryo to its current adult form. I argue on why it has taken so long for the concept to mature in epidemiology when there were ample opportunities for cross-fertilisation from demography and ecology from where it reached adulthood fifty years earlier. Today, R0 is a more fully developed adult in epidemiology than in demography. In the final section I give an algorithm for its calculation in heterogeneous populations.

AB - In this paper I present the genesis of R0 in demography, ecology and epidemiology, from embryo to its current adult form. I argue on why it has taken so long for the concept to mature in epidemiology when there were ample opportunities for cross-fertilisation from demography and ecology from where it reached adulthood fifty years earlier. Today, R0 is a more fully developed adult in epidemiology than in demography. In the final section I give an algorithm for its calculation in heterogeneous populations.

U2 - 10.1023/A:1016599411804

DO - 10.1023/A:1016599411804

M3 - Article

SN - 0001-5342

VL - 50

SP - 189

EP - 204

JO - Acta Biotheoretica

JF - Acta Biotheoretica

IS - 3

ER -

A brief history of Ro and a recipe for its calculation

Abstract

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this