October 22, 2020

A Minimal Model for Household Effects in Epidemics

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Modeling and Prediction

Keywords (Tags): modeling prediction, transmission

• In incorporating household effects in epidemiologic modeling frameworks, Huber et al. show that R₀ depends on household size linearly for small households and as a square root of size for larger households. [EDITORIAL NOTE: A pre-print of this manuscript was summarized in the Lit Rep on July 13, 2020.]

Huber et al. (Oct 21, 2020). A Minimal Model for Household Effects in Epidemics. Physical Biology. https://doi.org/10.1088/1478-3975/abb209