Estimation of the reproduction number and identification of periodicity for HFMD infections in northwest China

In this study we found that CV-A6 shows the greatest transmission ability among these three pathogens while EV-A71 exhibits the weakest ability of transmission, and moreover, the estimated values of basic reproduction number in northwest China are lower than those in Singapore, Hongkong and Guangdong, which may be due to different climatic circumstances.
Source: Journal of Theoretical Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: research