@article{ZAA_2000__19_1_48744, author = {M\"uller, J. and Hadeler, K.P.}, title = {Monotonicity of the number of passages in linear chains and of the basis reproduction number in epidemic models.}, journal = {Zeitschrift f\"ur Analysis und ihre Anwendungen}, pages = {61--75}, publisher = {mathdoc}, volume = {19}, number = {1}, year = {2000}, zbl = {0961.92028}, language = {en}, url = {http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/ZAA_2000__19_1_48744/} }