A spatial analysis of the spread of mumps: The importance of college students and their spring-break-associated travel

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 434-441

  Polgreen, P M ^a,b   Bohnett, L C ^b   Yang, M ^b   Pentella, M A ^b,c   Cavanaugh, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Mumps; Outbreaks; Spatial; Travel

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEISURE; MUMPS; POPULATION SIZE; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIC; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; IOWA; MUMPS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76549113109     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809990719     Document Type: Article

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