Containing acute disease outbreak

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 603-608

  Prince, A ^a   Chen, Xin ^a   Lun, K C ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bird flu; Epidemiological modeling; Infectious diseases; Outbreak containment; Ring fence; SARS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 29244437550     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634015     Document Type: Article

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