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BIS 2B FINAL exam study guide questions and answers correct and verified 100% BIS 2B FINAL exam study guide questions and answers correct and verified 100% In class we introduced a very simple 'SIR' model for the dynamics of an epidemic pathogen in a host population. We derived an expressi...

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