Empirical Estimation of R₀ for Unknown Transmission Functions: The Case of Chronic Wasting Disease in Alberta

• Alex Potapov ,

  * E-mail: apotapov@ualberta.ca

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G1, Canada, Centre for Mathematical Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G1, Canada, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G1, Canada

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• Evelyn Merrill,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G1, Canada

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• Margo Pybus,

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G1, Canada, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, 6909–116 St., Edmonton, AB, T6H 4P2, Canada

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• Mark A. Lewis

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G1, Canada, Centre for Mathematical Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G1, Canada, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G1, Canada

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