A generalized-growth model to characterize the early ascending phase of infectious disease outbreaks

Background: A better characterization of the early growth dynamics of an epidemic is needed to dissect the important drivers of disease transmission, refine existing transmission models, and improve disease forecasts. Materials and methods: We introduce a 2-parameter generalized-growth model to char...

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Main Authors: Cécile Viboud, Lone Simonsen, Gerardo Chowell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-06-01
Series:Epidemics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436516000037