Are epidemic growth rates more informative than reproduction numbers?

Summary statistics, often derived from simplified models of epidemic spread, inform public health policy in real time. The instantaneous reproduction number, R<sub>t</sub>, is predominant among these statistics, measuring the average ability of an infection to multiply. However, R<sub...

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Main Authors: Parag, KV, Thompson, RN, Donnelly, CA
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022