Multiple estimates of transmissibility for the 2009 influenza pandemic based on influenza-like-illness data from small US military populations.

Rapidly characterizing the amplitude and variability in transmissibility of novel human influenza strains as they emerge is a key public health priority. However, comparison of early estimates of the basic reproduction number during the 2009 pandemic were challenging because of inconsistent data sou...

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Main Authors: Pete Riley, Michal Ben-Nun, Richard Armenta, Jon A Linker, Angela A Eick, Jose L Sanchez, Dylan George, David P Bacon, Steven Riley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23696723/pdf/?tool=EBI