Spatial and temporal dynamics of influenza outbreaks

Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 824-828

  Onozuka, Daisuke ^a   Hagihara, Akihito ^b  

^a FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; JAPAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK; URBAN POPULATION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 61449444028     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181880eda     Document Type: Article

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