Modelling strategies for minimizing the impact of an imported exotic infection

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1555, 2004, Pages 2411-2415

  Roberts, M G ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Exotic infections; Infectious diseases; Mathematical epidemiology; SARS

Indexed keywords

INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ISOLATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16644400570     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2865     Document Type: Article

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