Effectiveness of control measures during the SARS epidemic in Beijing: a comparison of theRtcurve and the epidemic curve
Open Access
- 14 June 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 136 (4) , 562-566
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268807008722
Abstract
One of the areas most affected by SARS was Beijing with 2521 reported cases. We estimate the effective reproductive number R t for the Beijing SARS epidemic, which represents the average number of secondary cases per primary case on each day of the epidemic and is therefore a measure of the underlying transmission dynamics. Our results provide a quantitative assessment of the effectiveness of public health control measures. More generally, our results illustrate how changes in R t will reflect changes in the epidemic curve.Keywords
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