Detecting emerging transmissibility of avian influenza virus in human households

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1394-1402

  Van Boven, Michiel ^a,b   Koopmans, Marion ^c   Van Beest Holle, Mirna Du Ry ^c   Meijer, Adam ^c   Klinkenberg, Don ^a   Donnelly, Christl A ^d   Heesterbeek, Hans ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUSES;

'CURRENT; ANTI-VIRAL DRUGS; ANTIVIRAL PROPHYLAXIS; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; H5N1 AVIAN INFLUENZAS; HUMAN-TO-HUMAN TRANSMISSION; NETHERLANDS; PATHOGENICS; TRANSMISSION PARAMETERS;

ANIMALS;

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; OSELTAMIVIR;

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; PROPHYLAXIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N7; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N7 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34547568365     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030145     Document Type: Article

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