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Effectiveness of control measures during the SARS epidemic in Beijing: a comparison of the Rt curve and the epidemic curve.

Epidemiology and infection ·Vol. 136 ·No. 4 ·2008-04-00 ·Pages 562-6

Cowling BJ, Ho LM, Leung GM

Abstract

One of the areas most affected by SARS was Beijing with 2521 reported cases. We estimate the effective reproductive number Rt 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 Rt will reflect changes in the epidemic curve.

MeSH Terms
China/epidemiology Contact Tracing Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control,statistics & numerical data Humans Models, Statistical Outcome Assessment, Health Care Patient Isolation SARS Virus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome/epidemiology,etiology,prevention & control
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Cowling B J
Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. bcowling@hku.hk
Ho L M
Leung G M
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Article Info
Journal
Epidemiology and infection
Abbr.
Epidemiol Infect
ISSN
0950-2688
DOI
10.1017/S0950268807008722
Email
bcowling@hku.hk
Published
2008-04-00
Epub
2007-00-14
Pages
562-6
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
8703737
PMCID
PMC2870828
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807008722 PMC Full Text View journal details
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