evrheel
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The basic reproductive number (R0) for avian influenza (bird flu) can vary depending on the type of flu and the data used to estimate it:The last recorded R0 for bird flu was .18. That's not pandemic material. Even it's high point was just over .5.

Estimation of the basic reproductive number (R0) for epidemic, highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 spread - PubMed
Three different methods were used for estimating the basic reproductive number (R0) from data on 110 outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) subtype H5N1 that occurred in village poultry in Romania, 12 May to 6 June 2006. We assumed a village-level infectious period of 7 days. The...

- H5N1
The estimated lower limit for the local R0 of H5N1 is 1.14, with a 95% confidence interval of 0.61–2.14. In Romania, the estimated R0 for H5N1 outbreaks in village poultry in 2006 ranged from 1.95 to 2.68.