@incollection{iiasa4748, booktitle = {Models for Infectious Human Diseases: Their Structure and Relation to Data}, editor = {V. Isham and G. Medley}, title = {The saturating contact rate in epidemic models}, address = {Cambridge}, publisher = {Cambridge University Press}, year = {1996}, url = {https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/4748/}, isbn = {0-521-45339-9}, author = {Heesterbeek, J. A. P. and Metz, J. A. J.} }