Estimating the measles effective reproduction number in Australia from routine notification data

Objective To estimate the measles effective reproduction number (R) in Australia by modelling routinely collected notification data. Methods R was estimated for 2009–2011 by means of three methods, using data from Australia's National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System. Method 1 estimated...

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Main Authors: May Chiew, Heather F Gidding, Aditi Dey, James Wood, Nicolee Martin, Stephanie Davis, Peter McIntyre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2014-03-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862014000300171&lng=en&tlng=en