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Basic Reproduction Number (R0), Doubling Time, and Daily Growth Rate of the COVID-19 Epidemic: An Echological Study. [PDF]

open access: yesArch Acad Emerg Med
Karimi R   +18 more
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Reproduction numbers in malaria and their implications

Trends in Parasitology, 2012
The malariologist Lewis Wendell Hackett famously observed that, "Like chess, (malaria) is played with a few pieces, but is capable of an infinite variety of situations". This paper discusses one such piece, the Red Queen. Red Queen phenomena arise when an intensification of effort leads to a need for further intensification to maintain the new status ...
Smith, T., Schapira, A.
openaire   +3 more sources

Reproduction numbers of infectious disease models

open access: yesInfectious Disease Modelling, 2017
This primer article focuses on the basic reproduction number, ℛ0 , for infectious diseases, and other reproduction numbers related to ℛ0 that are useful in guiding control strategies. Beginning with a simple population model, the concept is developed for a threshold value of ℛ0 determining whether or not the disease dies out. The next generation matrix
exaly   +4 more sources

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