Signature-forecasting and early outbreak detection system

Environmetrics

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 749-766

  Naumova, Elena N ^a   MacNeill, Ian B ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Forecasting; Monitoring; Outbreak detection

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; FORECASTING METHOD; MONITORING SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 27544462991     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.734     Document Type: Article

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