The impact of a physical geographic barrier on the dynamics of measles

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 713-720

  Vora, A ^a   Burke, D S ^b,c   Cummings, Derek A T ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MARYLAND; MEASLES; PENNSYLVANIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41549100145     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807009193     Document Type: Article

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