Epidemiologic Determinants for Modeling Pneumonic Plague Outbreaks

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 608-614

  Gani, Raymond ^a   Leach, Steve ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PLAGUE; PNEUMONIC PLAGUE; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 1842588710     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1004.030509     Document Type: Article

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