Modeling control strategies of respiratory pathogens

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1249-1256

  Pourbohloul, Babak ^a,d   Meyers, Lauren Ancel ^b,c   Skowronski, Danuta M ^a   Krajden, Mel ^a   Patrick, David M ^a   Brunham, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FACE MASK; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MODEL; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 22944489202     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1108.040449     Document Type: Article

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