Basic Reproduction Number
"Basic Reproduction Number" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The expected number of new cases of an infection caused by an infected individual, in a population consisting of susceptible contacts only.
| Descriptor ID |
D050936
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.985.525.080 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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Basic Reproduction Number" by people in Profiles.
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Ylli A, Wu YY, Burazeri G, Pirkle C, Sentell T. The lower COVID-19 related mortality and incidence rates in Eastern European countries are associated with delayed start of community circulation. PLoS One. 2020; 15(12):e0243411.
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Khosravi A, Chaman R, Rohani-Rasaf M, Zare F, Mehravaran S, Emamian MH. The basic reproduction number and prediction of the epidemic size of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Shahroud, Iran. Epidemiol Infect. 2020 06 10; 148:e115.