Combinatorial decomposition of an outbreak signature

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 269-287

  Fefferman, Nina H ^a,b   Naumova, Elena N ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combinatorial modeling; Cryptosporidiosis; Epidemiology; Giardiasis; Waterborne outbreak

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS;

COMBINATORIAL MODELING; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; GIARDIASIS; WATERBORNE OUTBREAK;

COMBINATORIAL CIRCUITS;

DECOMPOSITION; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DECOMPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WATER;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746899066     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2006.03.012     Document Type: Article

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