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Abstract
The expected number of new cases of an infection caused by an infected individual, amongst susceptible contacts only.
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Synonyms
25 entry terms
- Basic Reproduction Ratio
- Basic Reproductive Number
- Basic Reproductive Rate
- Basic Reproductive Ratio
- R0 Basic Reproduction Number
- Basic Reproductive Numbers
- Basic Reproductive Rates
- Basic Reproductive Ratios
- Rate, Basic Reproductive
- Reproduction Number, Basic
- Reproduction Ratio, Basic
- Reproductive Number, Basic
- Reproductive Rate, Basic
- Reproductive Rates, Basic
- Reproductive Ratio, Basic
- Effective Reproduction Number
- Effective Reproductive Number
- RE Effective Reproduction Number
- Re Effective Reproductive Number
- Transmissibility Measures
- Effective Reproduction Numbers
- Effective Reproductive Numbers
- Reproduction Number, Effective
- Reproductive Number, Effective
- Transmissibility Measure
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Aspects Covered
8 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, statistics & numerical data, veterinary.
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Indexing Annotation
not related to REPRODUCTION: see scope note
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History Note
2006
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Basic Reproduction Number. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D050936. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D050936
- Basic Reproduction Number. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_reproduction_number
- Basic Reproduction Number. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901464