Optimizing infectious disease interventions during an emerging epidemic

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 923-928

  Wallinga, Jacco ^a,b   Van Bovena, Michiel ^a   Lipsitch, Marc ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Human influenza; Immunization; Mathematical model; Pandemic; School closure

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; VACCINATION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; VACCINATION; VIRAL VACCINES; WORLD HEALTH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 76249120038     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908491107     Document Type: Article

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