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reproduction number
countable noun: The reproduction number of an infectious disease is a measure of how many people will catch it from a single infected person. The abbreviation ' R number' is also used.
noun: any of several measures that express the expected number of people who will catch a disease from a single infected person, especially the basic reproduction number which expresses the number of expected infections in a population where all individuals are

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