Constructing the effect of alternative intervention strategies on historic epidemics

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 5, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 1203-1213

  Cook, A R ^a,b   Gibson, G J ^b   Gottwald, T R ^c   Gilligan, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Citrus canker; Common cold; Epidemic control; Intervention strategies; Stochastic epidemics

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; FORECASTING; HEALTH; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; CITRUS CANKER; COMMON COLD; CONTROL STRATEGIES; EPIDEMIC CONTROL; INTERVENTION STRATEGIES; PARTIAL INFORMATION; PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROCESS LINKING; RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL EXTENT; STATISTICAL APPROACHES; STOCHASTIC EPIDEMICS; TEMPORAL DATA;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; HISTORICAL PERIOD; HOST; PHILOSOPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CITRUS;

EID: 49949108143     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0030     Document Type: Article

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