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1 <p>
2 The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_interval" target="_blank">serial interval (SI)</a> is a parameter
3 required by most of the estimators, and can also be estimated by some of them (if not specified). For the latter, "—"
4 is reported in the "Serial interval" column of the estimates table, and the estimated value is shown next to the
5 <em>R</em><sub>0</sub> result(s) as "(SI = ...)".
6 </p>
7 <p>
8 The SI is defined as the average time between successive infections in a chain of transmission (i.e., the time between
9 the infection of an infected individual and their subsequent transmissions).
10 </p>