Superspreading and the effect of individual variation on disease emergence

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7066, 2005, Pages 355-359

  Lloyd Smith, J O ^a,b   Schreiber, S J ^c   Kopp, P E ^d   Getz, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; NON-SEXUAL DIRECT CONTACTS; SEVERE ACUTE REPIRATORY SYNDROME (SARS);

DISEASES;

MEDICINE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; INDIVIDUALITY; INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORY;

VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 27844455994     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04153     Document Type: Article

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