Table 3 Mean estimates of the reproduction number and corresponding 95% confidence intervals for the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic by geographic region
Distribution of generation interval | Geographic area | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Northern area | Central area | Southern area | ||||
3-day serial interval | 4-day serial interval | 3-day serial interval | 4-day serial interval | 3-day serial interval | 4-day serial interval | |
Exponentially-distributed | 1.19 (1.13, 1.24) | 1.25 (1.18, 1.32) | 1.32 (1.27, 1.37) | 1.43 (1.36, 1.50) | 1.58 (1.45, 1.72) | 1.81 (1.62, 2.0) |
Fixed generation interval | 1.19 (1.14, 1.25) | 1.27 (1.19, 1.35) | 1.34 (1.29, 1.40) | 1.48 (1.40, 1.57) | 1.68 (1.50, 1.87) | 1.99 (1.72, 2.30) |