title: Early sub-exponential epidemic growth: Simple models, nonlinear incidence rates, and additional mechanisms: Reply to comments on "Mathematical models to characterize early epidemic growth: A review".
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA; Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. Electronic address: gchowell@gsu.edu.
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chowell
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sattenspiel
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA; Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Shweta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.affiliation: Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Viboud
mesh_terms: D058872:Epidemics; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008962:Models, Theoretical