Model parameters and outbreak control for SARS

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1258-1263

  Chowell, Gerardo ^a,b   Castillo Chavez, Carlos ^b,c   Fenimore, Paul W ^a   Kribs Zaleta, Christopher M ^d   Arriola, Leon ^a   Hyman, James M ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANADA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 3042696403     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1007.030647     Document Type: Article

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