Estimation of heterogeneous instantaneous reproduction numbers with application to characterize SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Massachusetts counties

The reproductive number is an important metric that has been widely used to quantify the infectiousness of communicable diseases. The time-varying instantaneous reproductive number is useful for monitoring the real-time dynamics of a disease to inform policy making for disease control. Local estimat...

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Main Authors: Zhou, Z, Kolaczyk, ED, Thompson, RN, White, LF
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2022