Transmission dynamics of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 in Geneva, Switzerland: Assessing the effects of hypothetical interventions

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-204

  Chowell, G ^a   Ammon, C E ^b   Hengartner, N W ^a   Hyman, J M ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Influenza; Pandemic; Reproductive number; Spanish flu; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; INFLUENZA; STATISTICAL DATA; THEORETICAL STUDY; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; ASIA; AWARENESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SWITZERLAND;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GENEVA [SWITZERLAND]; SWITZERLAND;

AVES; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 33745626761     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.11.026     Document Type: Article

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