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Table 3 Summary of key values needed to determine R0 values for Africa

From: A review of data needed to parameterize a dynamic model of measles in developing countries

City/Country

Birth Rate

p

A'

A

N

R 0

Niamey/Niger [74]

n/a*

n/a

n/a

n/a

750000

9.5641

Niakher/Senegal [73]

n/a*

n/a

n/a

n/a

23413

4.9194

Machakos/Kenya [17]

43/1000 [77]

0.2784

2.9070

2.0977

84320 [78]

12.7587

Moshi/Tanzania [17]

50.5/1000 [79]

0.0000

3.1153

3.1153

96838 [78]

6.9719

Kinshasa/Zaire [46]

49/1000 [80]

0.2040

1.6078

1.2798

3000000

20.3101

Kampala/Uganda [40]

50.1/1000 [79]

0.4080

2.5355

1.5010

800000

16.2804

Yaounde/Cameroon 1971 [44]

45/1000

0.6053

0.9736

0.3843

166000

203.3308

Yaounde/Cameroon 1975 [44]

45/1000

0.4316

1.0522

0.5981

260000

68.7812

Lusaka/Zambia [75]

40/1000

0.7395

5.0000

1.3025

1240000

24.3309

  1. *n/a = not applicable since authors report A or R0 directly