Estimating variability in the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome to household contacts in Hong Kong, China

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-363

  Pitzer, Virginia E ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^b   Lipsitch, Marc ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases, emerging; Disease outbreaks; Disease transmission; Markov chains; Models, statistical; SARS virus; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INDEX METHOD; MARKOV CHAIN; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; VIRUS LOAD;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

SARS CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 34547670099     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm082     Document Type: Article

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