Transmission coefficient (epidemiology)

The transmission coefficient is needed for models of Transmission where for instance a vector carries a pathogen or parasite between hosts. It is represented by β and it is the rate at which a pathogen moves from infected individuals to susceptible individuals in the population. It must be between 0 and 1.^[1]^[2] The transmission coefficient is used in the equation: : ${\frac {dY}{dt}}={\frac {\beta XY}{N}}-\gamma Y$ ^[3]

References

^ Hochberg, Michael E. (1991). "Non-linear transmission rates and the dynamics of infectious disease" (PDF). Journal of Theoretical Biology. 153 (3): 301–321. Bibcode:1991JThBi.153..301H. doi:10.1016/S0022-5193(05)80572-7. PMID 1798335.
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