Transmission coefficient (epidemiology)

The transmission coefficient is needed for models of Transmission 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 susceptible individuals in the population. It must be between 0 and 1.[1][2] The transmission coefficient is used in the equation: : [3]

References

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  1. ^ Hochberg, Michael E. (1991). "Non-linear transmission rates and the dynamics of infectious disease" (PDF). Journal of Theoretical Biology. 153 (3): 301–321. Bibcode:1991JThBi.153..301H. doi:10.1016/S0022-5193(05)80572-7. PMID 1798335.
  2. ^ McCallum, Hamish; Fenton, Andy; Hudson, Peter J.; Lee, Brian; Levick, Beth; Norman, Rachel; Perkins, Sarah E.; Viney, Mark; Wilson, Anthony J.; Lello, Joanne (2017). "Breaking beta: deconstructing the parasite transmission function". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 372 (1719). doi:10.1098/rstb.2016.0084. PMC 5352811. PMID 28289252.
  3. ^ Anderson, R.M.; May, R.M. (1979). "Population biology of infectious diseases: Part I" (PDF). Nature. 280 (5721): 361–367. Bibcode:1979Natur.280..361A. doi:10.1038/280361a0. PMID 460412. S2CID 2270842.

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