| AFCR |
Asymptotic Fatality–Case Ratio |
| Generation time |
Average time between two consecutive infections |
| IFCR |
Instantaneous Fatality–Case Ratio |
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Basic Reproduction Number, number of secondary infections emerging |
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from an index case in a fully susceptible population |
| Serial interval |
Average time between the onset of symptoms of two consecutive |
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infections, often used as an approximation to the generation time |
| SIR/SEIR |
Susceptible-(exposed)-infected-removed epidemiological |
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compartment models |
| Time-to-death duration |
Average time between the registrations of new cases and the |
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corresponding registrations of deaths, if applicable. |