"The small British Crown dependency of Tristan da Cunha is one of the most isolated points on the planet. Over 1700 miles off the coast of South Africa, it is home to fewer than 300 permanent inhabitants. The island’s capital, Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, is commonly considered to be the most remote permanent human settlement. Without suitable ground for a paved airstrip, Tristan da Cunha’s only lifeline to the outside world is by sea. In 1971, the supply ship Tristania brought an unwelcome stowaway to the island: the alphainfluenzavirus H3N2, known as the Hong Kong flu at the time. By winter’s end, 96% of the population would contract influenza, with almost a third experiencing at least two distinct episodes of illness."
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Chris von Csefalvay, "Simple compartmental models: The bedrock of mathematical epidemiology", Computational Modeling of Infectious Disease (2023).
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