- Title
- Influenza: H1N1 goes to school
- Creator
- Paterson, Bev; Durrheim, David N.; Tuyl, Frank
- Relation
- Science Vol. 325, Issue 5944, p. 1071-1072
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.325_1071b
- Publisher
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2009
- Description
- A key determinant of the success of influenza containment is the transmission rate of the novel strain. C. Fraser et al. [“Pandemic potential of a strain of influenza A (H1N1): Early findings,” Reports, 19 June, p. 1557] estimated the basic reproduction number (R₀) of the Mexican outbreak of influenza A (H1N1) to be in the range of 1.2 to 1.6. The value of R₀ is a key measure of transmissibility and estimates the number of secondary cases in a completely susceptible population. Their findings were comparable to lower estimates for the 1918 pandemic, where R₀ ranged from 2 to 3.
- Subject
- influenza A; H1N1; containment
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/805411
- Identifier
- uon:6855
- Identifier
- ISSN:0036-8075
- Language
- eng
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