Early efforts in modeling the incubation period of infectious diseases with an acute course of illness

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Nishiura, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; INCIDENCE; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION; PANDEMIC; POPULATION EXPOSURE; SPANISH INFLUENZA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDITY;

EID: 34249802934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-4-2     Document Type: Article

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