Differences between the true reproduction number and the apparent reproduction number of an epidemic time series
The time-varying reproduction number R(t) measures the number of new infections per infectious individual and is closely correlated with the time series of infection incidence by definition. The timings of actual infections are rarely known, and analysis of epidemics usually relies on time series da...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-03-01
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Series: | Epidemics |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436524000033 |