Estimate the Basic Reproduction Number (R0)
Overview
A collection of methods for estimating the basic reproduction number (R0) of infectious diseases. Features a web application to interface with the estimators. Uses the models from: Fisman et al. (2013) DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0083622, Bettencourt and Ribeiro (2008) DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0002185, and White and Pagano (2008) DOI:10.1002/sim.3136. Includes datasets for Canadian national and provincial COVID-19 case counts provided by Berry et al. (2021) DOI:10.1038/s41597-021-00955-2.
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- RR 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
- 0.1.0Latest2025-09-02 · current release
- RR 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
Package metadata
- First published
- 2025-09-02
- Total releases
- 1 / 1 yrs
- License
- AGPL (>= 3) OSI
- Minimum R
- ≥ 2.10
- Bundled data
- 63 KB / 2 files
- Download size
- 280 KB
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