Door Anoniem: Volgens de educatieve website https://sph.umich.edu/pursuit/2020posts/how-scientists-quantify-outbreaks.html: The formal definition of a disease's R0 is the number of cases, on average, an infected person will cause during their infectious period. The term (d.w.z. R0...) is used in two different ways.: (1)The basic reproduction number represents the maximum epidemic potential of a pathogen. It describes what would happen if an infectious person were to enter a fully susceptible community, and therefore is an estimate based on an idealized scenario. (2)The effective reproduction number depends on the population's current susceptibility. This measure of transmission potential is likely lower than the basic reproduction number, based on factors like whether some of the people are vaccinated against the disease, or whether some people have immunity due to prior exposure with the pathogen. Therefore, the effective R0 changes over time and is an estimate based on a more realistic situation within ...