Selected article for: "basic reproductive number and disease threshold"

Author: Lin WANG; Xiang Li
Title: Spatial epidemiology of networked metapopulation: An overview
  • Document date: 2014_6_4
  • ID: i9tbix2v_4
    Snippet: One key parameter characterizing the severity of a disease is the basic reproductive number, R 0 , which identifies the expected number of infected individuals generated by introducing an infectious carrier into an entire susceptible population. This parameter signifies the epidemic threshold applied for predicting whether or not an infectious disease will prevail. Typically, given a "well-mixed" population, R 0 = β/µ. If R 0 < 1, the disease d.....
    Document: One key parameter characterizing the severity of a disease is the basic reproductive number, R 0 , which identifies the expected number of infected individuals generated by introducing an infectious carrier into an entire susceptible population. This parameter signifies the epidemic threshold applied for predicting whether or not an infectious disease will prevail. Typically, given a "well-mixed" population, R 0 = β/µ. If R 0 < 1, the disease dies out quickly, which implies that the population remains at the disease-free state.

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