Attack rate
In
novel pathogen or an established pathogen. It is used to project the number of infections to expect during an epidemic. This aids in marshalling resources for delivery of medical care as well as production of vaccines and/or anti-viral and anti-bacterial medicines.[2]
The rate is arrived at by taking the number of new cases in the population at risk and dividing by the number of persons at risk in the population.[citation needed]
See also
- Incidence (epidemiology)
- Compartmental models in epidemiology
- Herd immunity
- Risk assessment in public health
- Vaccine-naive
References
- ^ "Principles of Epidemiology Lesson 3 - Section 2". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-683-03566-7.
External links
- The International Biometric Society
- The Collection of Biostatistics Research Archive
- Guide to Biostatistics (MedPageToday.com) Archived 2012-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
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