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Estimating reproduction numbers for adults and children from case data

Date

Authors

Glass, Kathryn

Mercer, Geoffry

Nishiura, H

McBryde, Emma

Becker, Niels

Publisher

Royal Society Publishing

Abstract

We present a method for estimating reproduction numbers for adults and children from daily onset data, using pandemic influenza A(H1N1) data as a case study. We investigate the impact of different underlying transmission assumptions on our estimates, and

Keywords

Keywords: Age groups; Bias estimate; Influenza; matrix; Outbreak data; Pandemic influenza; Reproduction number; Type structures; Estimation; age distribution; article; biostatistics; computer simulation; disease transmission; influenza A (H1N1); Japan; pandemic inf Influenza; Outbreak data; Reproduction number; Type structure

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/70736

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of the Royal Society. Interface

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1098/rsif.2010.0679

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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