title: Emergence of the concept of the basic reproduction number from mathematical demography.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishiura
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inaba
mesh_terms: D050936:Basic Reproduction Number / Q000266:history; D001723:Birth Rate; D003710:Demography; D004739:England; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000266:history*; D005298:Fertility; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage; D013557:Switzerland