Pros and cons of estimating the reproduction number from early epidemic growth rate of influenza A (H1N1) 2009

BACKGROUND: In many parts of the world, the exponential growth rate of infections during the initial epidemic phase has been used to make statistical inferences on the reproduction number, R, a summary measure of the transmission potential for the novel influenza A (H1N1) 2009. The growth rate at th...

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Autores principales: Nishiura, Hiroshi, Chowell, Gerardo, Safan, Muntaser, Castillo-Chavez, Carlos
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2821365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20056004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4682-7-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2821365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20056004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4682-7-1

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