Dynamically Modeling SARS and Other Newly Emerging Respiratory Illnesses: Past, Present, and Future

This work reconcile discrepancies between published estimates of the basic reproductive number R0 for SARS (a crucial epidemiologic parameter), discusses insights regarding SARS control measures that have emerged uniquely from a modeling approach, and argues that high priorities for future modeling should include informing quarantine policy and better understanding the impact of population heterogeneity on transmission patterns.