Median basic reproductive ratio

Value 8 1/day Range: 4.9-11 1/day
Organism HIV
Reference Ribeiro RM, Qin L, Chavez LL, Li D, Self SG, Perelson AS. Estimation of the initial viral growth rate and basic reproductive number during acute HIV-1 infection. J Virol. 2010 Jun84(12):6096-102. p. 6100 left column top sentencePubMed ID20357090
Method Researchers used a target cell-limited model of HIV infection.
Comments Interquartile range. R0 specifically measures how many cells a single infected cell will infect when there is no target cell limitation. See BNID 105731
Entered by Uri M
ID 105730