A new method to estimate the basic reproductive number of diseases (R 0): An application to the study of dengue epidemics in the Federal District of Brazil

Dengue epidemics in Brazil generally begin with a silent phase that lasts for days or weeks, followed by a phase of exponential increase, and then a more or less stable phase before decrease begins. The total number of cases depends on historic, climatic, and ecological factors. Three epidemics in t...

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Autores principales: Degallier, N., Favier, C., Boulanger, J.-P., Menkes, C.E., Oliveira, C.
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spelling todo:paper_16350421_v4_n2_p131_Degallier2023-10-03T16:28:37Z A new method to estimate the basic reproductive number of diseases (R 0): An application to the study of dengue epidemics in the Federal District of Brazil Degallier, N. Favier, C. Boulanger, J.-P. Menkes, C.E. Oliveira, C. Biological Brazil Dengue Disease outbreaks Epidemiology Insect vectors Models Brazil conference paper dengue disease carrier disease transmission epidemic human model mosquito nonhuman Dengue epidemics in Brazil generally begin with a silent phase that lasts for days or weeks, followed by a phase of exponential increase, and then a more or less stable phase before decrease begins. The total number of cases depends on historic, climatic, and ecological factors. Three epidemics in the Federal District (Brazil) were studied to estimate the basic reproductive number R0 and the total number of cases. A new method is proposed, based on the relation between the number of new cases daily and the cumulative number of cases. R 0 is then estimated from the initial slope of the curve describing this relation. Evaluation of the total number of cases requires a more precise method and should take into account some heterogeneity in the rates of contact between people and mosquitoes. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_16350421_v4_n2_p131_Degallier
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topic Biological
Brazil
Dengue
Disease outbreaks
Epidemiology
Insect vectors
Models
Brazil
conference paper
dengue
disease carrier
disease transmission
epidemic
human
model
mosquito
nonhuman
spellingShingle Biological
Brazil
Dengue
Disease outbreaks
Epidemiology
Insect vectors
Models
Brazil
conference paper
dengue
disease carrier
disease transmission
epidemic
human
model
mosquito
nonhuman
Degallier, N.
Favier, C.
Boulanger, J.-P.
Menkes, C.E.
Oliveira, C.
A new method to estimate the basic reproductive number of diseases (R 0): An application to the study of dengue epidemics in the Federal District of Brazil
topic_facet Biological
Brazil
Dengue
Disease outbreaks
Epidemiology
Insect vectors
Models
Brazil
conference paper
dengue
disease carrier
disease transmission
epidemic
human
model
mosquito
nonhuman
description Dengue epidemics in Brazil generally begin with a silent phase that lasts for days or weeks, followed by a phase of exponential increase, and then a more or less stable phase before decrease begins. The total number of cases depends on historic, climatic, and ecological factors. Three epidemics in the Federal District (Brazil) were studied to estimate the basic reproductive number R0 and the total number of cases. A new method is proposed, based on the relation between the number of new cases daily and the cumulative number of cases. R 0 is then estimated from the initial slope of the curve describing this relation. Evaluation of the total number of cases requires a more precise method and should take into account some heterogeneity in the rates of contact between people and mosquitoes.
format JOUR
author Degallier, N.
Favier, C.
Boulanger, J.-P.
Menkes, C.E.
Oliveira, C.
author_facet Degallier, N.
Favier, C.
Boulanger, J.-P.
Menkes, C.E.
Oliveira, C.
author_sort Degallier, N.
title A new method to estimate the basic reproductive number of diseases (R 0): An application to the study of dengue epidemics in the Federal District of Brazil
title_short A new method to estimate the basic reproductive number of diseases (R 0): An application to the study of dengue epidemics in the Federal District of Brazil
title_full A new method to estimate the basic reproductive number of diseases (R 0): An application to the study of dengue epidemics in the Federal District of Brazil
title_fullStr A new method to estimate the basic reproductive number of diseases (R 0): An application to the study of dengue epidemics in the Federal District of Brazil
title_full_unstemmed A new method to estimate the basic reproductive number of diseases (R 0): An application to the study of dengue epidemics in the Federal District of Brazil
title_sort new method to estimate the basic reproductive number of diseases (r 0): an application to the study of dengue epidemics in the federal district of brazil
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_16350421_v4_n2_p131_Degallier
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