What does R0 mean?
It means how contagious a disease is by its basic reproduction number, referred to as R0 (pronounced “R nought”). The R0 refers to how many people a single infected person will infect in a population.
The R0 is calculated based on how fast an outbreak grows, how long it takes for a person exposed to the virus to become contagious (latent period), and how long an infected person is contagious (infectious period). The longer someone is contagious, the higher the R0 is.
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Understanding R nought
Dr. Rishi Desai is a pediatric infectious disease physician and former epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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R nought and vaccine coverage
Dr. Rishi Desai is a pediatric infectious disease physician and former epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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