U.S. airport entry screening in response to pandemic influenza: Modeling and analysis

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 181-191

  Malone, John D ^a   Brigantic, Robert ^b   Muller, George A ^b   Gadgil, Ashok ^c   Delp, Woody ^c   McMahon, Benjamin H ^d   Lee, Russell ^e   Kulesz, Jim ^e   Mihelic, F Matthew ^e  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airport screening; Influenza transmission; Pandemic influenza

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCREENING; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69249222962     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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