Table 2 Expected Number of Secondary Cases per Index Case by Disease Stage and Contact Type
From: Finding and removing highly connected individuals using suboptimal vaccines
Disease stage s | Expected number of secondary cases E s,n | |
|---|---|---|
in the close network (toroidal grid; 8 contacts constant) | in the casual network (Barabási-Albert highly skewed network starting with 12 contacts; average: 24) | |
Prodromal fever | 0.54 | 0.54 |
Early rash | 2.39 | 0.80 |
Middle rash | 0.21 | 0.07 |
Late rash | 0.34 | 0.11 |