title: Comment on "Linking population-level models with growing networks: a class of epidemic models".
abstract: In this Comment, we show that the expression for as proposed by R. Breban, R. Vardavas, and S. Blower, Phys. Rev. E 72, 046110 (2005) is incorrect and we reveal the underlying conceptual mistake.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 6, P.O. Box 80.010 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Martin C J
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bootsma
authors.forename: Odo
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Diekmann