The Interval between Successive Cases of an Infectious Disease

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1039-1047

  Fine, Paul E M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases; Disease outbreaks

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHICKENPOX; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIC; ERADICATION THERAPY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION; MEASLES; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ONSET AGE; REVIEW; SMALLPOX; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0344464754     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg251     Document Type: Review

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