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Estimating individuals' genetic and non-genetic effects underlying infectious disease transmission from temporal epidemic data.
PLoS computational biology - 1 Dec 2020
Pooley Christopher M, Marion Glenn, Bishop Stephen C, Bailey Richard I, Doeschl-Wilson Andrea B
Abstract excerpt
Individuals differ widely in their contribution to the spread of infection within and across populations. Three key epidemiological host traits affect infectious disease spread: susceptibility (propensity to acquire infection), infectivity (propensity to transmit infection to others) and recoverability (propensity to recover quickly). Interventions aiming to reduce disease spread may target improvement in any one...
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