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WhiteLabRt

A collection of functions related to novel methods for estimating reproduction number, R(t), created by the lab of Professor Laura White at Boston University School of Public Health.

Currently implemented methods

  • Temporal R(t) estimation: Two-step Bayesian back and nowcasting for linelist data with missing reporting delays, adapted in STAN from Li and White

    • Remaining todos:

      [] Implement the right-truncated NB distribution function in the likelihood and rng forms, see here for starters

  • Spatial R(t) estimation: Calculating time-varying reproduction number, R(t), assuming a flux of infectors between various adjacent states. This was adapted in STAN from Zhou and White

    • Remaining todos:

      [] Continuing working on non-centered parameterization, AR1 process, and partial pooling [] Use tidy bayes for QC

Future plans

  • Unified spatial-temporal R(t) estimation Combining the two methods above.
  • Genetic-based R(t) Using genetic data to inform R(t) calculation

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