TWiV 792: Transmission with Jeffrey Shaman

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Episode: TWiV 792: Transmission with Jeffrey Shaman
Pub date: 2021-08-12

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Jeffrey Shaman returns to TWiV to explain how epidemiologists measure SARS-CoV-2 movement among humans, including calculation of the reproductive index, secondary transmission, and what factors affect transmission.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

Guest: Jeffrey Shaman

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Links for this episode

• A guide to R (Nature)
• Epidemiology of three SARS-CoV-2 VOC (medRxiv)
• Impact of delta variant in India (medRxiv)
• Letters read on TWiV 792
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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