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epidemics, since they bring R0 close to, and even below, the threshold value <strong>of</strong> one. In<br />

the base case, R0=2.48. When kI is diminished by 50% (yielding R0=1.65) the epidemic<br />

increases roughly half as fast (as measured by the time to half-maximum prevalence),<br />

but a 70% drop (R0=1.14) slows it by more than ten-fold. A 90% reduction causes the<br />

disease to die out, since R0

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