Rnaught is an R package and web application for estimating the basic reproduction number - of infectious diseases. For information about using this application, view the + of infectious diseases. + We note that the estimators included in this web application are applied to diseases directly transmitted between the + same host-type (i.e., they are not applicable to vector-borne diseases). + For information about using this application, view the Help tab. To learn more about the package, visit the online documentation or GitHub repository. Technical details about the estimators featured in this project can be found in the reference - article. + article. + This application is pre-loaded with publicly available COVID-19 case counts for Canada, + sourced from the CovidTimelineCanada dataset on GitHub.