 Basic Reproduction Number
"Basic Reproduction Number" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The expected number of new cases of an infection caused by an infected individual, in a population consisting of susceptible contacts only.
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D050936
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.985.525.080 L01.280.975.525.080 N01.224.935.597.080 N06.850.310.149 N06.850.505.400.975.525.080 N06.850.520.308.985.525.080
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| Concept/Terms |
Basic Reproduction Number- Basic Reproduction Number
- Number, Basic Reproduction
- Basic Reproduction Ratio
- Basic Reproductive Rate
- Reproductive Rate, Basic
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Basic Reproduction Number" by people in Profiles.
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Gostic KM, McGough L, Baskerville EB, Abbott S, Joshi K, Tedijanto C, Kahn R, Niehus R, Hay JA, De Salazar PM, Hellewell J, Meakin S, Munday JD, Bosse NI, Sherrat K, Thompson RN, White LF, Huisman JS, Scire J, Bonhoeffer S, Stadler T, Wallinga J, Funk S, Lipsitch M, Cobey S. Practical considerations for measuring the effective reproductive number, Rt. PLoS Comput Biol. 2020 12; 16(12):e1008409.
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Rubin D, Huang J, Fisher BT, Gasparrini A, Tam V, Song L, Wang X, Kaufman J, Fitzpatrick K, Jain A, Griffis H, Crammer K, Morris J, Tasian G. Association of Social Distancing, Population Density, and Temperature With the Instantaneous Reproduction Number of SARS-CoV-2 in Counties Across the United States. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 07 01; 3(7):e2016099.
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Randolph HE, Barreiro LB. Herd Immunity: Understanding COVID-19. Immunity. 2020 05 19; 52(5):737-741.
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RodrÃguez-Barraquer I, Buathong R, Iamsirithaworn S, Nisalak A, Lessler J, Jarman RG, Gibbons RV, Cummings DA. Revisiting Rayong: shifting seroprofiles of dengue in Thailand and their implications for transmission and control. Am J Epidemiol. 2014 Feb 01; 179(3):353-60.
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Rhodes CJ, Anderson RM. Contact rate calculation for a basic epidemic model. Math Biosci. 2008 Nov; 216(1):56-62.
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