title: Elaboration versus simplification in refining mathematical models of infectious disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Singer
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological