# EpiEstim

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A tool to estimate time varying instantaneous reproduction number during epidemics

This tool is described in the following paper: 

A New Framework and Software to Estimate Time-Varying Reproduction Numbers During Epidemics
Anne Cori, Neil M. Ferguson, Christophe Fraser and Simon Cauchemez
American Journal of Epidemiology 2013.
