Basic reproduction number R₀

Layer 3 — Biologyin the epidemiology subtree

Expected secondary cases from one primary case in a fully susceptible population. Outbreak grows if R₀ > 1; herd immunity threshold = 1 – 1/R₀. Measles R₀ ≈ 12–18, SARS-CoV-2 ancestral ≈ 2–3.

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