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Estimation of the Basic Reproduction Number by Period Dependent Branching Process
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Mojtaba Moradi *   |
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Abstract: (8017 Views) |
The basic reproduction number is the average number of secondary infection cases generated by a single primary case in a susceptible population. Estimation of the basic reproduction number is important in medical studies. In this paper, we describe a new method for estimating the basic reproduction number by branching processes. Finally, we apply this estimator on real data reported by the National Center for Biotechnology Information in the USA. |
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| Keywords: Branching Process, Basic Reproduction Number, Epidemiology |
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Type of Study: Applied |
Subject:
Probability & Stochastic Processes
Received: 2015/01/8 | Accepted: 2016/12/31 | Published: 2017/02/27
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