title: Introduction to Pandemic Influenza (Animal & Veterinary Science)
author: Jonathan Van-Tam
description: Jonathan Van-Tam is Professor of Health Protection at City Hospital, Nottingham.
zlib_text: Growth rate and acceleration analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic reveals the
  effect of public health measures in real time
  Yuri  Tani  Utsunomiya1,2*,  Adam  Taiti  Harth  Utsunomiya2, Rafaela  Beatriz  Pintor  Torrecilha2,
  Silvana de Cássia Paula2, Marco Milanesi2, José Fernando Garcia1,2,3
  1Department of Support, Production and Animal Health, School of Veterinary Medicine of Araçatuba, São Paulo State
  University (Unesp), 16050-680 R. Clovis Pestana 793 - Dona Amelia, Araçatuba/SP Brazil;  2International Atomic
  Energy Agency (IAEA) Collaborating Centre on Animal Genomics and Bioinformatics, 16050-680 R. Clovis Pestana
  793 - Dona Amelia, Araçatuba/SP, Brazil; 3Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Reproduction,
  School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (Unesp), 14884-900 Via de Acesso Prof.
  Paulo Donato Castellane s/n - Jaboticabal/SP, Brazil; *corresponding author: ytutunomiya@gmail.com
  We used moving regression to model the growth ra