The ideal reporting interval for an epidemic to objectively interpret the epidemiological time course

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue 43, 2010, Pages 297-307

  Nishiura, Hiroshi ^a   Chowell, Gerardo ^b   Heesterbeek, Hans ^a   Wallinga, Jacco ^c,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disease outbreaks; Infection; Infectious disease reporting; Influenza; Smallpox; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISPERSIBILITIES; FUNCTION OF TIME; GENERATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; SIMPLE ALGORITHM; STATISTICAL MODELS; TIME COURSE; TIME DISTRIBUTION; TIME UNITS;

DISEASE CONTROL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 74049100933     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0153     Document Type: Article

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