Effectiveness assessment of countermeasures against bioterrorist smallpox attacks in Japan using an individual-based model

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 84-93

  Zenihana, Tomohiro ^a   Ishikawa, Hirofumi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Countermeasures; Individual based model (IBM); Residual immunity; Smallpox

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPONSE TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMULATION; SMALLPOX;

VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 77649236351     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-009-0111-z     Document Type: Article

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