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The Impact of Prior Information on Estimates of Disease Transmissibility Using Bayesian Tools

The basic reproductive number (R₀) and the distribution of the serial interval (SI) are often used to quantify transmission during an infectious disease outbreak. In this paper, we present estimates of R₀ and SI from the 2003 SARS outbreak in Hong Kong and Singapore, and the 2009 pandemic influenza...

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Autores principales: Moser, Carlee B., Gupta, Mayetri, Archer, Brett N., White, Laura F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4368801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25793993
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118762