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cord-000809-9voqa1oy	Archer, Brett N.	Reproductive Number and Serial Interval of the First Wave of Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Virus in South Africa	2012-11-16		.txt	text/plain	3885	208	50	We characterize the transmissibility of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 (hereafter pH1N1) in South Africa during 2009 by estimating the serial interval (SI), the initial effective reproductive number (initial R(t)) and the temporal variation of R(t). In this work we incorporate data collected on all laboratory-confirmed cases detected during the 2009 pH1N1 epidemic in South Africa with the aim of describing the transmissibility characteristics (initial R t and temporal variation of R t ) of the epidemic in the country and compare its dynamics with those observed in other countries in the same year. When estimating initial R t , we focus our analysis on the exponential growth phase of the epidemic in South Africa (i.e. the period from the first occurrence of five consecutive days with confirmed cases reported to the epidemic peak).	./cache/cord-000809-9voqa1oy.txt	./txt/cord-000809-9voqa1oy.txt