Post Utme Igbinedion University 2020 Biology Question 16
Practice objective / multiple choice question 16 from the 2020 Post Utme Igbinedion University Biology examination.
In a population of 1000 individuals, 80% are susceptible to a particular disease, 15% are infected, and 5% are recovered. Assuming the disease is caused by a virus and the population is homogeneous, calculate the basic reproduction number (R0) u\sing the formula R0 = β * S / γ, where β is the transmission rate, S is the number of susceptible individuals, and γ is the recovery rate. Given that β = 0.2 and γ = 0.1, what is the value of R0?
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This is Post Utme Igbinedion University 2020 Biology Question 16. It is one of the objective questions from the 2020 Post Utme Igbinedion University Biology examination.
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