# basic reproduction number

> metric in epidemiology showing average measure of a pathogen’s infectiousness

**Wikidata**: [Q901464](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901464)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_reproduction_number)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/basic-reproduction-number


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)