Epidemiology, transmission dynamics and control of SARS: The 2002-2003 epidemic

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1447, 2004, Pages 1091-1105

  Anderson, Roy M ^a   Fraser, Christophe ^a   Ghani, Azra C ^a   Donnelly, Christl A ^a   Riley, Steven ^a   Ferguson, Neil M ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^b   Lam, T H ^b   Hedley, Anthony J ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mathematical models; SARS

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

CORONAVIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 3242732261     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1490     Document Type: Conference Paper

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