Comparative estimation of the reproduction number for pandemic influenza from daily case notification data

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 154-166

  Chowell, Gerardo ^a   Nishiura, Hiroshi ^b,c   Bettencourt, Luís M A ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Influenza; Pandemic; Reproduction number; San Francisco; Spanish flu

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANDEMIC; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPANISH INFLUENZA; STOCHASTIC MODEL; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

CALIFORNIA; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846862467     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0161     Document Type: Article

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