Knowledge

Transmission coefficient (epidemiology)

Source 📝

101: 177: 24:
where for instance a vector carries a pathogen or parasite between hosts. It is represented by β and it is the rate at which a pathogen moves from infected individuals to
171:
McCallum, Hamish; Fenton, Andy; Hudson, Peter J.; Lee, Brian; Levick, Beth; Norman, Rachel; Perkins, Sarah E.; Viney, Mark; Wilson, Anthony J.; Lello, Joanne (2017).
39: 128: 285: 21: 25: 300: 240: 223: 137: 8: 244: 141: 264: 199: 172: 149: 256: 204: 153: 268: 248: 231: 194: 186: 145: 294: 120: 208: 190: 157: 32:. It must be between 0 and 1. The transmission coefficient is used in the 260: 29: 178:
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
121:"Non-linear transmission rates and the dynamics of infectious disease" 252: 33: 173:"Breaking beta: deconstructing the parasite transmission function" 96:{\displaystyle {\frac {dY}{dt}}={\frac {\beta XY}{N}}-\gamma Y} 170: 42: 224:"Population biology of infectious diseases: Part I" 95: 292: 221: 198: 118: 293: 13: 222:Anderson, R.M.; May, R.M. (1979). 14: 312: 215: 164: 129:Journal of Theoretical Biology 112: 1: 150:10.1016/S0022-5193(05)80572-7 119:Hochberg, Michael E. (1991). 105: 7: 279: 10: 317: 286:Basic reproduction number 20:is needed for models of 18:transmission coefficient 191:10.1098/rstb.2016.0084 97: 98: 40: 245:1979Natur.280..361A 142:1991JThBi.153..301H 28:individuals in the 93: 239:(5721): 361–367. 82: 61: 308: 273: 272: 253:10.1038/280361a0 228: 219: 213: 212: 202: 168: 162: 161: 125: 116: 102: 100: 99: 94: 83: 78: 67: 62: 60: 52: 44: 316: 315: 311: 310: 309: 307: 306: 305: 291: 290: 282: 277: 276: 226: 220: 216: 169: 165: 123: 117: 113: 108: 68: 66: 53: 45: 43: 41: 38: 37: 12: 11: 5: 314: 304: 303: 289: 288: 281: 278: 275: 274: 214: 163: 136:(3): 301–321. 110: 109: 107: 104: 92: 89: 86: 81: 77: 74: 71: 65: 59: 56: 51: 48: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 313: 302: 299: 298: 296: 287: 284: 283: 270: 266: 262: 258: 254: 250: 246: 242: 238: 234: 233: 225: 218: 210: 206: 201: 196: 192: 188: 184: 180: 179: 174: 167: 159: 155: 151: 147: 143: 139: 135: 131: 130: 122: 115: 111: 103: 90: 87: 84: 79: 75: 72: 69: 63: 57: 54: 49: 46: 35: 31: 27: 23: 19: 301:Epidemiology 236: 230: 217: 182: 176: 166: 133: 127: 114: 22:Transmission 17: 15: 26:susceptible 106:References 30:population 88:γ 85:− 70:β 295:Category 280:See also 209:28289252 185:(1719). 36:: : 34:equation 269:2270842 241:Bibcode 200:5352811 158:1798335 138:Bibcode 267:  261:460412 259:  232:Nature 207:  197:  156:  265:S2CID 227:(PDF) 124:(PDF) 257:PMID 205:PMID 154:PMID 16:The 249:doi 237:280 195:PMC 187:doi 183:372 146:doi 134:153 297:: 263:. 255:. 247:. 235:. 229:. 203:. 193:. 181:. 175:. 152:. 144:. 132:. 126:. 271:. 251:: 243:: 211:. 189:: 160:. 148:: 140:: 91:Y 80:N 76:Y 73:X 64:= 58:t 55:d 50:Y 47:d

Index

Transmission
susceptible
population
equation
"Non-linear transmission rates and the dynamics of infectious disease"
Journal of Theoretical Biology
Bibcode
1991JThBi.153..301H
doi
10.1016/S0022-5193(05)80572-7
PMID
1798335
"Breaking beta: deconstructing the parasite transmission function"
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
doi
10.1098/rstb.2016.0084
PMC
5352811
PMID
28289252
"Population biology of infectious diseases: Part I"
Nature
Bibcode
1979Natur.280..361A
doi
10.1038/280361a0
PMID
460412
S2CID
2270842

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.