Epidemiological determinants of the pattern and magnitude of the vCJD epidemic in Great Britain

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 265, Issue 1413, 1998, Pages 2443-2452

  Ghani, Azra C ^a   Ferguson, Neil M ^a   Donnelly, Christl A ^a   Hagenaars, Thomas J ^a   Anderson, Roy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BSE; Epidemic size; Mathematical model; Prediction; vCJD

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MASS SCREENING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0032558983     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1998.0596     Document Type: Article

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