Simple models for containment of a pandemic

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 453-457

  Arino, Julien ^a   Brauer, Fred ^b   Van Den Driessche, P ^c   Watmough, James ^d   Wu, Jianhong ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^e YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antiviral treatment; Compartmental epidemic model; Control reproduction number; Pandemic influenza

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE CALCULATION; EPIDEMIC; INFLUENZA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PANDEMIC; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VACCINATION;

EID: 33846856860     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0112     Document Type: Article

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