Network theory and SARS: Predicting outbreak diversity

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-81

  Meyers, Lauren Ancel ^a,b   Pourbohloul, Babak ^c   Newman, M E J ^b,d   Skowronski, Danuta M ^c   Brunham, Robert C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact network; Epidemiology; Intervention; Mathematical model; SARS

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

CALCULATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 6344287794     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.07.026     Document Type: Article

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