Summary A model with nonrandom latent and infectious periods is suggested for epidemics in a large community. This permits a relatively complete statistical analysis of data from the spread of a single epidemic. An attractive feature of such models is the possibility of exploring how the rate of spread of the disease depends on the number of susceptibles and infectives. An application to smallpox data is included.
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Niels G. Becker (1983) studied this question.
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