From: Patterns of genetic variation in populations of infectious agents
parameter | meaning in metapopulation genetics | meaning in epidemiology |
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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 |