Disease Modelling & Data
3 articles
Transmission models, R0, and interpreting epidemiological data for non-specialists.
Overdispersion and the K Parameter: Why Superspreading Beats the R0 Average
R0 gives a single average. The dispersion parameter k explains why a handful of cases, not the typic...
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Case Fatality Rate vs. Infection Fatality Rate: Reading the Same Outbreak Two Ways
CFR and IFR both measure a disease’s deadliness, but answer different questions, which is why outbre...
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R0 Explained: What the Basic Reproduction Number Can (and Can’t) Tell You
R0 measures a pathogen’s spreading potential, not its real-world trajectory. Here’s how it’s calcula...
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