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A model describing the dynamics related to the spreading of non-lethal infectious diseases in a fixed-size population is proposed. The model consists of a non-linear delay-differential equation describing the time evolution of the increment in the number of infectious individuals and depends upon a limited number of parameters. Predictions are in good qualitative agreement with data on influenza, which is taken to be a representative type of non-lethal infectious disease.
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Noviello, A., Romeo, F. & De Luca, R. Time evolution of non-lethal infectious diseases: a semi-continuous approach. Eur. Phys. J. B 50, 505–511 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2006-00163-4
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