“…In addition, we consider here a more general class of Kermack–McKendrick models than the one considered in Adimy et al [
23], adding the compartment of exposed individuals
. Indeed, for many infections, such as influenza [
38] and tuberculosis [
39], there is a more or less long latency period during which individuals have been infected but are not yet infectious themselves. During the period
, infected individuals are in the compartment
but are not yet infectious (see also Martcheva [
3] for other cases of infectious diseases with a latency period).…”