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Research Article

Application of the replication–transmission relativity theory in the development of multiscale models of infectious disease dynamics

Winston GariraModelling Health and Environmental Linkages Research Group (MHELRG), Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Kizito MuzhinjiModelling Health and Environmental Linkages Research Group (MHELRG), Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa
Article: 2255066 | Received 08 Nov 2022, Accepted 30 Aug 2023, Published online: 14 Sep 2023

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