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

被引：29

作者：

Cowling, B. J.

Ho, L. M.

Leung, G. M.

机构：

[1] Univ Hong Kong, Sch Publ Hlth, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

[2] Univ Hong Kong, Dept Community Med, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

来源：

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION | 2008年 / 136卷 / 04期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1017/S0950268807008722

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

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.

引用

页码：562 / 566

页数：5

共 10 条

[1]

ANDERSON R M, 1991

[2]

Cauchemez S, 2006, EMERG INFECT DIS, V12, P110

[3] Estimating in real time the efficacy of measures to control emerging communicable diseases [J].