CDC - Applying Network Theory to Epidemics: Control Measures for Mycoplasma pneumoniae Outbreaks

Volume 9, Number 2, February 2003

Applying Network Theory to Epidemics: Control Measures for Mycoplasma pneumoniae Outbreaks

Lauren Ancel Meyers,*† M.E.J. Newman,*‡ Michael Martin,§ and Stephanie Schrag§
*Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA; †University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA; ‡University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; §Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA


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	Figure 5. Size of epidemic. Predicted and actual number of caregivers and wards affected in an outbreak. These predictions assume that the transmission rate from caregivers to wards is = 0.6 and from wards to caregivers is = 0.06.

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