Improved inference of time-varying reproduction numbers during infectious disease outbreaks

Epidemics

Volumn 29, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Thompson, R N ^a,b   Stockwin, J E ^a   van Gaalen, R D ^c   Polonsky, J A ^d,m   Kamvar, Z N ^e   Demarsh, P A ^f,g   Dahlqwist, E ^h   Li, S ^h   Miguel, E ⁱ   Jombart, T ^e,j   Lessler, J ^k   Cauchemez, S ^l   Cori, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRIST CHURCH   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^h KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁱ University de Montpellier   (France)

^j LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^k JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^l CNRS   (France)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Disease control; Infectious disease epidemiology; Mathematical modelling; Parameter inference; Reproduction number; Serial interval

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; NEW YORK; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; TIME VARYING REPRODUCTION NUMBER; UNCERTAINTY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); TIME FACTOR;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 85073573413     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: 18780067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2019.100356     Document Type: Article

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