A real-world data validation of the value of early-stage SIR modelling to public health

Abstract Performance of Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) model in the early stage of a novel epidemic may be hindered by data availability. Additionally, the traditional SIR model may oversimplify the disease progress, and knowledge about the virus and transmission is limited early in the epidem...

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Main Authors: Taoran Liu, Jian Huang, Zonglin He, Yin Zhang, Ni Yan, Casper J. P. Zhang, Wai-Kit Ming
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36386-9