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Epidemiology

the empirical pattern that about 20 percent of hosts contribute about 80 percent of the transmission potential of an infection.

In epidemiology, 20/80 rule refers to the empirical pattern that about 20 percent of hosts contribute about 80 percent of the transmission potential of an infection. This meaning comes from Woolhouse (1997) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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References

Woolhouse, M. E. J., Dye, C., Etard, J. -., Smith, T., Charlwood, J. D., Garnett, G. P., Hagan, P., Hii, J. L. K., Ndhlovu, P. D., Quinnell, R. J., Watts, C. H., Chandiwana, S. K., & Anderson, R. M. (1997). Heterogeneities in the transmission of infectious agents: Implications for the design of control programs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 94(1), 338-342. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.94.1.338

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