Using influenza-like illness data to reconstruct an influenza outbreak

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 48, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 929-939

  Cooley, Philip ^a   Ganapathi, Laxminarayana ^a   Ghneim, George ^b   Holmberg, Scott ^c   Wheaton, William ^a   Hollingsworth, Craig R ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NC Division of Public Health   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Infectious disease models; Influenza; Influenza like illness surveillance; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; CURVE FITTING; CURVES (ROAD); FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; HEALTH; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

AGENT-BASED; AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI); CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES; ELSEVIER (CO); MODEL PARAMETERS; NORTH CAROLINA; SOUTH EAST ASIA; STATE AGENCIES; TRANSMISSION MODELS; TRIANGLE (CO);

DISEASE CONTROL;

EID: 47749086743     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcm.2007.11.016     Document Type: Article

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