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The Effective Reproduction Number as a Prelude to Statistical Estimation of Time-Dependent Epidemic Trends
Although the basic reproduction number, R (0), is useful for understanding the transmissibility of a disease and designing various intervention strategies, the classic threshold quantity theoretically assumes that the epidemic first occurs in a fully susceptible population, and hence, R (0) is essen...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7121794/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2313-1_5 |