Containing a large bioterrorist smallpox attack: a computer simulation approach

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 98-108

  Longini Jr , Ira M ^a,b   Elizabeth Halloran, M ^a,b   Nizam, Azhar ^c   Yang, Yang ^d   Xu, Shufu ^a   Burke, Donald S ^e   Cummings, Derek A T ^e   Epstein, Joshua M ^f  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Computer simulation; Patient isolation; Population surveillance; Smallpox; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

SMALLPOX VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAY CARE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY; HOSPITAL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SMALLPOX; TERRORISM; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WORKPLACE;

BIOTERRORISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MASS IMMUNIZATION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SMALLPOX;

EID: 33847144867     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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