Journal article
The dynamics of smallpox epidemics in Britain, 1550-1800.
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Time-series analysis, a valuable tool in studying population dynamics, has been used to determine the periodicity of smallpox epidemics during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in two contrasting representative situations: 1) London, a large city where smallpox was endemic, and 2) Penrith, a small rural town. The interepidemic period was found to be two years in London and five years in Penrith. Equations governing the dynamics of epidemics predict 1) a two-year periodicity and 2) that...
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- Published
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- Journal:
- Demography
- Volume:
- 30
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 405-423
- Publication date:
- 1993-08-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1533-7790
- ISSN:
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0070-3370
- Source identifiers:
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317477
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:317477
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- pubs:317477
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- Copyright date:
- 1993
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