A comparative analysis of three different methods for the estimation of the basic reproduction number of dengue

The basic reproduction number, R0, is defined as the expected number of secondary cases of a disease produced by a single infection in a completely susceptible population, and can be estimated in several ways. For example, from the stability analysis of a compartmental model; through the use of the...

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Main Authors: Rosangela Peregrina Sanches, Eduardo Massad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2016-10-01
Series:Infectious Disease Modelling
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468042716300124