Correcting the actual reproduction number: A simple method to estimate R0 from early epidemic growth data

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 291-302

  Nishiura, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AIDS; Basic reproduction number; Epidemiology; Estimation techniques; HIV; Infectious diseases; Statistical model; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 75449118270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7010291     Document Type: Article

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