Household structure and infectious disease transmission

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 654-661

  House, T ^a   Keeling, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Household; Influenza; Modelling; Transmission

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; FAMILY SIZE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PANDEMIC; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FAMILY HEALTH; MASS IMMUNIZATION;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MASS IMMUNIZATION;

EID: 65549096310     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808001416     Document Type: Article

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