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Qué es el R0, el número que siguen los científicos para ver la intensidad del coronavirus

  • Written by Joseph Eisenberg, Professor and Chair of Epidemiology, University of Michigan
Qué es el R0, el número que siguen los científicos para ver la intensidad del coronavirus¿A cuántas personas puede contagiar un solo infectado? Bim/E+ via Getty Images

Si viste la película “Contagio” (“Contagion” en inglés), estrenada en 2011, sobre una pandemia mundial causada por un nuevo virus, entonces escuchaste hablar sobre el factor R0.

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