Estimating the COVID-19 R number: a bargain with the devil?
Estimating the COVID-19 R number: a bargain with the devil?
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10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30840-9
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2021-03
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Bauch CT
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Bob May's limerick alludes to both the promises and dangers of characterising epidemic control by a single number. The basic reproduction number (R 0) is the average number of infections produced by a single infectious person in a population with no immunity. R 0 has a close relative named the effective reproduction number (R), which is the average number of infections produced by a single infected person in a population with partial immunity. In The Lancet Infectious Diseases, You Li and colleagues