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Empirical Estimation of R (0) for Unknown Transmission Functions: The Case of Chronic Wasting Disease in Alberta

We consider the problem of estimating the basic reproduction number R (0) from data on prevalence dynamics at the beginning of a disease outbreak. We derive discrete and continuous time models, some coefficients of which are to be fitted from data. We show that prevalence of the disease is sufficien...

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Autores principales: Potapov, Alex, Merrill, Evelyn, Pybus, Margo, Lewis, Mark A.
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/PMC4599850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26452231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140024