Factors determining the pattern of the variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) epidemic in the UK

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1516, 2003, Pages 689-698

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

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Epidemiology; Mathematical model; Projections; Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPOSURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0037425021     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2313     Document Type: Article

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