COVID-19: Basic Reproduction Number
Über den Vortrag
Der Vortrag „COVID-19: Basic Reproduction Number“ von Sean Elliott, MD ist Bestandteil des Kurses „Year 4 – Selective Sub-Internship“.
Quiz zum Vortrag
What does R nought (R0) stand for?
- The average number of secondary infections produced by one infectious individual in a population where everyone is susceptible
- The number of cases generated in the current state of a population
- The average number of individuals who are likely to get infected
- The doubling time of the number of active cases
- The average number of secondary infections produced by one infectious individual in a population where some of the population is already immune
What is the significance of R0?
- It is intended to be an indicator of the contagiousness or transmissibility of infectious agents.
- It is not dependent on the host or viral factors.
- It is a constant during an outbreak of an infectious disease.
- The basic reproductive number R0 will increase as more cases are diagnosed.
- It is intended to predict how long an outbreak will last.
At what level of R0 is an outbreak of an infectious disease likely to recede on its own?
- < 1
- 1
- > 1
- < 0.5
- > 2
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Dozent des Vortrages COVID-19: Basic Reproduction Number
Sean Elliott, MD
Dr. Sean Elliott is the Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and the Associate Chair for the Department of Pediatrics at The University of Arizona, USA.
He obtained his MD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1993. Currently, he is Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist at the University of Arizona Medical Center.
He devotes time to Quality Improvement, graduate medical education efficacy and his scholarship with the Tucson Hospitals Medical Education Program (THMEP).
Within Lecturio, Dr. Elliott teaches courses on Microbiology.
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