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Network structure induced bias in estimates of intrinsic generation times

2025-05-16

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The reproduction number is a critical measure of the severity of an infectious disease epidemic. The generation interval, defined as the time taken by an infector to create another infection from its time of infection, is crucial for estimating the basic reproduction number. However, the generation intervals observed, ‘realised generation intervals’, change over time depending on the dynamics of the epidemic. Thes...

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Literature Corpus work: e827a552-f79c-56f4-baab-9d9e78595cd2
DOI: 10.1101/2025.05.15.25327595

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