Estimating the measles effective reproduction number in Australia from routine notification data.

Objective To estimate the measles effective reproduction number (R) in Australia by modelling routinely collected notification data. Methods R was estimated for 2009-2011 by means of three methods, using data from Australia's National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System. Method 1 estimated R as 1...

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Published in:Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 92; no. 3; pp. 171 - 178
Main Authors: May Chiew, Gidding, Heather F., Dey, Aditi, Wood, James, Martin, Nicolee, Davis, Stephanie, McIntyre, Peter
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: World Health Organization Mar2014
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