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Table 1 Model parameterization

From: Patterns of genetic variation in populations of infectious agents

parameter

meaning in metapopulation genetics

meaning in epidemiology

D

number of demes

number of hosts

N d

number of individuals within a deme

number of infectious agents within an infected host

e

probability that a deme goes extinct

probability that the immune system clears the infection

m

migration rate

transmission ability between hosts

μ

mutation rate

mutation rate of the infectious agent

k j

number of demes connected to deme j

number of contacts of host j