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- Scientists Try To Predict Number Of Us Ebola Cases
Obola Is Setting Up Important Trade Agreements With African Nations To Insure Americans Have Equal Access to Ebola From AP: STANFORD, Calif. (AP) -- Top medical experts studying the spread of Ebola say the public should expect more cases...
- Nymag/intelligencer: Ebola Rates Drop In Liberia Without Explanation
NYMag/Intelligencer: Ebola Rates Drop in Liberia Without Explanation Treatment centers in Liberia that were once overrun with Ebola patients are now half empty as far fewer people appear to be contracting the disease than was initially expected. Fewer...
- Ebola News 10-6-2014
Barack Hussein Ebola The Ebola patient in Texas is not getting ZMapp, the experimental Ebola drug because it is all gone and there will be no more anytime soon. Why is that I wonder? You think Barack Hussein Ebola gave it all to Africa? Headlines reveal...
- Shorter Josh Earnest: We're Willing To Accept A Few Ebola Deaths In Order To Illustrate Our Liberal Tolerance
From The Daily Caller White House: We Won’t Stop People From Ebola-Stricken Countries Coming To USBy Neil Munro White House spokesman Josh Earnest rebuffed questions Oct. 1 about a possible federal ban on travel from Ebola-stricken countries,...
- Wapo:sars-like Virus Has High Mortality Rate In Saudi Arabia, Specialists Say
A new virus responsible for an outbreak of respiratory illness in the Middle Eastmay be more deadly than SARS, according to a team of infectious disease specialists who recently investigated a set of cases in Saudi Arabia.Of 23 confirmed cases in...
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EBOLA And The Basic Reproduction Number
In epidemiology, the basic reproduction number (sometimes called basic reproductive rate, basic reproductive ratio and denoted R0, r nought) of an infection can be thought of as the number of cases one case generates on average over the course of its infectious period, in an otherwise uninfected population.
This metric is useful because it helps determine whether or not an infectious disease can spread through a population.
When R0 < 1 the infection will die out in the long run. But if R0 > 1 the infection will be able to spread in a population.
Generally, the larger the value of R0, the harder it is to control the epidemic.
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| Disease | Transmission | R0 |
|---|---|---|
| Measles | Airborne | 12–18 |
| Pertussis | Airborne droplet | 12–17 |
| Diphtheria | Saliva | 6–7 |
| Smallpox | Airborne droplet | 5–7 |
| Polio | Fecal-oral route | 5–7 |
| Rubella | Airborne droplet | 5–7 |
| Mumps | Airborne droplet | 4–7 |
| HIV/AIDS | Sexual contact | 2–5 |
| SARS | Airborne droplet | 2–5[2] |
| Influenza (1918 pandemic strain) | Airborne droplet | 2–3[3] |
| Ebola (2014 Ebola outbreak) | Bodily fluids | 1-2 [4] |
- Scientists Try To Predict Number Of Us Ebola Cases
Obola Is Setting Up Important Trade Agreements With African Nations To Insure Americans Have Equal Access to Ebola From AP: STANFORD, Calif. (AP) -- Top medical experts studying the spread of Ebola say the public should expect more cases...
- Nymag/intelligencer: Ebola Rates Drop In Liberia Without Explanation
NYMag/Intelligencer: Ebola Rates Drop in Liberia Without Explanation Treatment centers in Liberia that were once overrun with Ebola patients are now half empty as far fewer people appear to be contracting the disease than was initially expected. Fewer...
- Ebola News 10-6-2014
Barack Hussein Ebola The Ebola patient in Texas is not getting ZMapp, the experimental Ebola drug because it is all gone and there will be no more anytime soon. Why is that I wonder? You think Barack Hussein Ebola gave it all to Africa? Headlines reveal...
- Shorter Josh Earnest: We're Willing To Accept A Few Ebola Deaths In Order To Illustrate Our Liberal Tolerance
From The Daily Caller White House: We Won’t Stop People From Ebola-Stricken Countries Coming To USBy Neil Munro White House spokesman Josh Earnest rebuffed questions Oct. 1 about a possible federal ban on travel from Ebola-stricken countries,...
- Wapo:sars-like Virus Has High Mortality Rate In Saudi Arabia, Specialists Say
A new virus responsible for an outbreak of respiratory illness in the Middle Eastmay be more deadly than SARS, according to a team of infectious disease specialists who recently investigated a set of cases in Saudi Arabia.Of 23 confirmed cases in...