Complexity of the Basic Reproduction Number (R0)

Delamater, Paul L.; Street, Erica J.; Leslie, Timothy F.; Yang, Y. Tony; Jacobsen, Kathryn H.

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Complexity of the Basic Reproduction Number (R0)

January 2019
By Delamater, Paul L. ; Street, Erica J. ; Leslie, Timothy F. ; ...
Source: Emerg Infect Dis. 25(1):1-4

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Delamater, Paul L. ; Street, Erica J. ; Leslie, Timothy F. ; Yang, Y. Tony ; Jacobsen, Kathryn H.

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The basic reproduction number (R|), also called the basic reproduction ratio or rate or the basic reproductive rate, is an epidemiologic metric used to describe the contagiousness or transmissibility of infectious agents. R| is affected by numerous biological, sociobehavioral, and environmental factors that govern pathogen transmission and, therefore, is usually estimated with various types of complex mathematical models, which make R| easily misrepresented, misinterpreted, and misapplied. R| is not a biological constant for a pathogen, a rate over time, or a measure of disease severity, and R| cannot be modified through vaccination campaigns. R| is rarely measured directly, and modeled R| values are dependent on model structures and assumptions. Some R| values reported in the scientific literature are likely obsolete. R| must be estimated, reported, and applied with great caution because this basic metric is far from simple.
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Basic Reproduction Number Disease Outbreaks Disease Transmission, Infectious Humans Models, Theoretical Perspective
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Emerg Infect Dis. 25(1):1-4
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30560777
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PMC6302597
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Journal Article
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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