Forecasting the geographical spread of smallpox cases by air travel

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 849-857

  Grais, R F ^a,c   Ellis, J H ^a   Glass, G E ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIATION; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VIRUS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; BIOTERRORISM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SMALLPOX; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142211176     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268803008811     Document Type: Article

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