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Theory versus Data: How to Calculate R(0)?

To predict the potential severity of outbreaks of infectious diseases such as SARS, HIV, TB and smallpox, a summary parameter, the basic reproduction number R(0), is generally calculated from a population-level model. R(0) specifies the average number of secondary infections caused by one infected i...

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Autores principales: Breban, Romulus, Vardavas, Raffaele, Blower, Sally
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1804098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17356693
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000282