Estimating the reproductive number, total outbreak size, and reporting rates for Zika epidemics in South and Central America.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2017.06.005
Abstract: As South and Central American countries prepare for increased birth defects from Zika virus outbreaks and plan for mitigation strategies to minimize ongoing and future outbreaks, understanding important characteristics of Zika outbreaks and how they… read more here.
Keywords: total outbreak; estimating reproductive; south central; reproductive number ... See more keywords
The Covid-19 outbreak in Spain. A simple dynamics model, some lessons, and a theoretical framework for control response
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DOI: 10.1016/j.idm.2020.08.010
Abstract: Spain is among the countries worst hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, with one of the highest rate of infections and deaths per million inhabitants. First positive was reported on late January 2020. Mid March, with… read more here.
Keywords: covid outbreak; control; size; reproductive number ... See more keywords
Quantifying TB transmission: a systematic review of reproduction number and serial interval estimates for tuberculosis
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DOI: 10.1017/s0950268818001760
Abstract: Abstract Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading global infectious cause of death. Understanding TB transmission is critical to creating policies and monitoring the disease with the end goal of TB elimination. To our knowledge, there has… read more here.
Keywords: serial interval; transmission; systematic review; number ... See more keywords
The Impact of Changes in Diagnostic Testing Practices on Estimates of COVID-19 Transmission in the United States
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DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwab089
Abstract: Abstract Estimates of the reproductive number for novel pathogens such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 are essential for understanding the potential trajectory of the epidemic and the level of intervention that is needed… read more here.
Keywords: testing practices; diagnostic testing; united states; changes diagnostic ... See more keywords
The reproductive number of COVID-19 is higher compared to SARS coronavirus
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DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa021
Abstract: Teaser: Our review found the average R0 for 2019-nCoV to be 3.28, which exceeds WHO estimates of 1.4 to 2.5. read more here.
Keywords: covid higher; sars coronavirus; reproductive number; number covid ... See more keywords
Estimation of the Serial Interval and the Effective Reproductive Number of COVID-19 Outbreak Using Contact Data in Burkina Faso, a Sub-Saharan African Country
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DOI: 10.1155/2022/8239915
Abstract: The COVID-19 outbreak has spread all around the world in less than four months. However, the pattern of the epidemic was different according to the countries. We propose this paper to describe the transmission network… read more here.
Keywords: reproductive number; saharan african; number; covid ... See more keywords
The basic reproductive number and particle-to-plaque ratio: comparison of these two parameters of viral infectivity
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DOI: 10.1186/s12985-021-01566-4
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought more widespread attention to the basic reproductive number (R o ), an epidemiologic measurement. A lesser-known measure of virologic infectivity is the particle-to-plaque ratio (P:PFU). We suggest that comparison between… read more here.
Keywords: comparison two; particle plaque; basic reproductive; reproductive number ... See more keywords
A new method for the joint estimation of instantaneous reproductive number and serial interval during epidemics
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011021
Abstract: Although some methods for estimating the instantaneous reproductive number during epidemics have been developed, the existing frameworks usually require information on the distribution of the serial interval and/or additional contact tracing data. However, in the… read more here.
Keywords: reproductive number; instantaneous reproductive; number serial; method ... See more keywords
COVID-19 R0: Magic number or conundrum?
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DOI: 10.4081/idr.2020.8516
Abstract: There is an increasing concern about COVID-19 worldwide. This is a new emerging infectious disease caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which recently broke out from the Chinese city of Wuhan and has quickly spread… read more here.
Keywords: infection; value; disease; covid ... See more keywords