Germany.1918 {R0}

Germany 1918 dataset

Description

This dataset is used as an example in the R0 package to estimate reproduction ratios using the available methods. It is the emporal distribution of Spanish flu in Prussia, Germany, from the 1918-19 influenza epidemic.

Usage

data(Germany.1918)

Format

A vector of numeric values named with date of record.

References

Peiper O: Die Grippe-Epidemie in Preussen im Jahre 1918/19. Veroeffentlichungen aus dem Gebiete der Medizinalverwaltung 1920, 10: 417-479 (in German).
Nishiura H. Time variations in the transmissibility of pandemic influenza in Prussia, Germany, from 1918-19. In: Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling