Measles chain size data used by Blumberg et al. (2014)

Blumberg et al. (2014) provide a convenient table of measles cases in the US from 1997-1999 and Canada from 1998-2001. The US data originate from Gay et al. (2004), the Canada data from King et al. (2004).

data(measles_us_97)

data(measles_canada_98)

Format

Vector of all chain sizes.

Source

Data retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004452

References

Blumberg S, Funk S, Pulliam JRC (2014). "Detecting differential transmissibilities that affect the size of self-Limited outbreaks." PLOS Pathogens 10(10): e1004452.

Gay NJ, De Serres G, Farrington CP, Redd SB, J M (2004). "Assessment of the status of measles elimination from reported outbreaks: United States, 1997-1999." The Journal of Infectious Diseases 189 Suppl: S36-S42.

King A, Varughese P, De Serres G, Tipples GA, Waters J, et al. (2004). "Measles elimination in Canada." The Journal of Infectious Diseases 189 Suppl: S236–42.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
data(measles_us_97)
data(measles_canada_98)

model <- compile_nbbp_homogenous()
fit_nbbp_homogenous_bayes(
  measles_us_97,
  model
)

fit_nbbp_homogenous_bayes(
  measles_canada_98,
  model
)
} # }