Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30854577›Full record

ArticleJournal of mathematical biology2019

A general theory for target reproduction numbers with applications to ecology and epidemiology.

Mark A Lewis, Zhisheng Shuai, P van den Driessche

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of mathematical biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. SIRI+Q model with a limited capacity of isolation.Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften · 2025
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Mark A LewisDepartments of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences and of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9, Canada. mark.lewis@ualberta.ca.
Zhisheng ShuaiDepartment of Mathematics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA.
P van den DriesscheDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A general framework for threshold parameters in population dynamics is developed using the concept of target reproduction numbers. This framework identifies reproduction numbers and other threshold parameters in the literature in terms of their roles in population control. The framework is applied to the analysis of single and multiple control strategies in ecology and epidemiology, and this provides new biological insights.

Indexed as

AlgorithmsEcosystemModels, TheoreticalPopulation DynamicsCommunicable Diseases, EmergingComputer SimulationHumansMatricariaReproductionBasic reproduction numberControlDisease modelLefkovitch matrixLeslie matrixNet reproductive value

Identifiers

PMID30854577

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.