2 papers
q-bio.PE2018
Some simple rules for estimating reproduction numbers in the presence of reservoir exposure or imported cases
Angus McLure, Kathryn Glass
The basic reproduction number () is a threshold parameter for disease extinction or survival in isolated populations. However no human population is fully isolated from other…
q-bio.PE2018
Modelling diverse sources of Clostridium difficile in the community: importance of animals, infants and asymptomatic carriers
Angus McLure, Archie C. A. Clements, Martyn Kirk +1
Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs) affect patients in hospitals and in the community, but the relative importance of transmission in each setting is unknown. We developed a ma…