• Question: How do you predict how many people will get ill each year?

    Asked by 847epdj46 to Liz on 15 Jun 2017.
    • Photo: Liz Buckingham-Jeffery

      Liz Buckingham-Jeffery answered on 15 Jun 2017:


      For my work on norovirus, we use data (information) about how many people got ill last year, information about how long people are ill for on average with norovirus and how long they are immune for once they’ve had it, and a mathematical model.

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