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Article: Correcting the actual reproduction number: A simple method to estimate R0 from early epidemic growth data

TitleCorrecting the actual reproduction number: A simple method to estimate R0 from early epidemic growth data
Authors
Nishiura, H
KeywordsAIDS
Basic reproduction number
Epidemiology
Estimation techniques
HIV
Infectious diseases
Statistical model
Transmission
Issue Date2010
PublisherMolecular Diversity Preservation International. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.mdpi.org/ijerph
Citation
International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health, 2010, v. 7 n. 1, p. 291-302 How to Cite?
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph7010291
AbstractThe basic reproduction number, R0, a summary measure of the transmission potential of an infectious disease, is estimated from early epidemic growth rate, but a likelihood-based method for the estimation has yet to be developed. The present study corrects the concept of the actual reproduction number, offering a simple framework for estimating R0 without assuming exponential growth of cases. The proposed method is applied to the HIV epidemic in European countries, yielding R0 values ranging from 3.60 to 3.74, consistent with those based on the Euler-Lotka equation. The method also permits calculating the expected value of R0 using a spreadsheet. © 2010 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/134203
ISSN
1660-4601
2021 Impact Factor: 4.614
2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.747
PubMed Central ID
PMC2819789
ISI Accession Number ID
WOS:000274000900019
Funding AgencyGrant Number
JST PRESTO program
Funding Information:

The work of H. Nishiura was supported by the JST PRESTO program.

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dc.description.abstractThe basic reproduction number, R0, a summary measure of the transmission potential of an infectious disease, is estimated from early epidemic growth rate, but a likelihood-based method for the estimation has yet to be developed. The present study corrects the concept of the actual reproduction number, offering a simple framework for estimating R0 without assuming exponential growth of cases. The proposed method is applied to the HIV epidemic in European countries, yielding R0 values ranging from 3.60 to 3.74, consistent with those based on the Euler-Lotka equation. The method also permits calculating the expected value of R0 using a spreadsheet. © 2010 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International.en_HK
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dc.subjectAIDSen_HK
dc.subjectBasic reproduction numberen_HK
dc.subjectEpidemiologyen_HK
dc.subjectEstimation techniquesen_HK
dc.subjectHIVen_HK
dc.subjectInfectious diseasesen_HK
dc.subjectStatistical modelen_HK
dc.subjectTransmissionen_HK
dc.titleCorrecting the actual reproduction number: A simple method to estimate R0 from early epidemic growth dataen_HK
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