Modeling the spread of annual influenza epidemics in the U.S.: The potential role of air travel

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-134

  Grais, R F ^a,d   Ellis, J H ^a   Kress, A ^b   Glass, G E ^c  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b Surveillance Data Inc   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Air travel; Epidemic model; Geographic; Influenza; Simulation; Spatial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIATION; CITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FORECASTING; INFLUENZA; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; AIRCRAFT; HUMAN; STATISTICS; TRAVEL;

AIRCRAFT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2642580090     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HCMS.0000020652.38181.da     Document Type: Article

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