Estimation of the basic reproductive number (R0) for epidemic, highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 spread

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-226

  Ward, M P ^a,e   Maftei, D ^b   Apostu, C ^c   Suru, A ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Regional Diagnostic Laboratory Tulcea   (Romania)

^c Institutului de Diagnostic si Sanatate Animala Bucharest   (Romania)

^d Autoritatea Nationala Sanitar Veterinara si pentru Siguranta Alimentelor Bucuresti   (Romania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avian influenza H5N1; Basic reproductive number; Epidemic; GIS; Modelling; Poultry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POULTRY; ROMANIA; ANIMAL; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; POULTRY; ROMANIA;

EID: 61549112506     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808000885     Document Type: Article

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