Quantifying the transmission potential of pandemic influenza

Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-77

  Chowell, Gerardo ^a   Nishiura, Hiroshi ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Epidemiology; Influenza; Model; Pandemic

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049160050     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2007.12.001     Document Type: Review

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