Dynamic intimate contact social networks and epidemic interventions

International Journal of Functional Informatics and Personalised Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-188

  Corley, Courtney D ^a   Mikler, Armin R ^a   Cook, Diane J ^b   Singh, Karan P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

computational epidemiology; dynamic social network; epidemic interventions; public health; simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450142180     PISSN: 17562104     EISSN: 17562112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJFIPM.2008.020186     Document Type: Article

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34. Intervention coverage is 80%.