Estimating the basic reproduction rate of HFMD using the time series SIR model in Guangdong, China

Zhicheng Du; Wangjian Zhang; Dingmei Zhang; Shicheng Yu; Yuantao Hao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0179623

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Estimating the basic reproduction rate of HFMD using the time series SIR model in Guangdong, China

Zhicheng Du,

Affiliations Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology & Health Information Research Center & Guangdong Key Laboratory of Medicine, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Diseases and Control of the Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
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Wangjian Zhang,

Affiliations Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology & Health Information Research Center & Guangdong Key Laboratory of Medicine, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Diseases and Control of the Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
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Dingmei Zhang,

Affiliations Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology & Health Information Research Center & Guangdong Key Laboratory of Medicine, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Diseases and Control of the Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
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Shicheng Yu,

Affiliation Public Health Surveillance and Information Services Center, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Yuantao Hao

* E-mail: haoyt@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Affiliations Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology & Health Information Research Center & Guangdong Key Laboratory of Medicine, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Diseases and Control of the Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China

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Estimating the basic reproduction rate of HFMD using the time series SIR model in Guangdong, China

Zhicheng Du,
Wangjian Zhang,
Dingmei Zhang,
Shicheng Yu,
Yuantao Hao

Published: July 10, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179623

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