Predicting epidemics on directed contact networks

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 400-418

  Meyers, Lauren Ancel ^a,b   Newman, M E J ^b,c   Pourbohloul, Babak ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contact network; Directed graph; Epidemiology; Hospital transmission; Infectious disease

Indexed keywords

CONTAINMENT; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PERCOLATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VULNERABILITY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33646271598     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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