Statistics of infections with diversity in the pathogenicity

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 115, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 181-185

  Guinea, Francisco ^a   Jansen, Vincent A A ^b   Stollenwerk, Nico ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Meningitis contagion; Neisseria meningitidis; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION RATE; MENINGITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PATHOGENICITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VARIANCE;

EID: 14744272954     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2004.12.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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