Effective reproduction numbers are commonly overestimated early in a disease outbreak

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 984-994

  Mercer, G N ^a   Glass, K ^a   Becker, N G ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bias; Importation; Influenza; Reproduction number

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EFFECTIVE REPRODUCTION NUMBER; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH SURVEY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION SIZE; PROBABILITY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 79953156903     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.4174     Document Type: Article

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