Curtailing transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome within a community and its hospital

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1528, 2003, Pages 1979-1989

  Lloyd Smith, James O ^a   Galvani, Alison P ^a   Getz, Wayne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact precautions; Epidemic models; Hospital transmission; Isolation; Quarantine; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL; INFECTION CONTROL; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0141528614     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2481     Document Type: Article

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