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An integral equation model for the control of a smallpox outbreak

G K Aldis1, M G Roberts

  • 1School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, University of NSW at ADFA, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia. g.aldis@adfa.edu.au

Mathematical Biosciences
|June 1, 2005
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