Transmission potential of primary pneumonic plague: Time inhomogeneous evaluation based on historical documents of the transmission network

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 640-645

  Nishiura, Hiroshi ^a,b,c   Schwehm, Markus ^a   Kakehashi, Masayuki ^b   Eichner, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL WEAPON; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MADAGASCAR; PLAGUE; PNEUMONIA;

CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; PLAGUE; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; LIAONING; MADAGASCAR; SHENYANG;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 33745864325     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.042424     Document Type: Article

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