An exploratory method for estimating the changing speed of epidemic waves from historical data

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 106-112

  Cliff, Andrew D ^a   Haggett, Peter ^b   Smallman Raynor, Matthew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemic velocity; Exploratory data analysis; Iceland; Influenza; Pandemics; Time series

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INFLUENZA; MORBIDITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WAVE VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; ASIA; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FRANCE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; ICELAND; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H2N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HONG KONG; HUMANS; ICELAND; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORBIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPAIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 38949109936     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym240     Document Type: Article

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