Measles hotspots and epidemiological connectivity

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1308-1316

  Bharti, N ^a   Djibo, A ^b   Ferrari, M J ^a   Grais, R F ^c   Tatem, A J ^d   McCabe, C A ^a   Bjornstad, O N ^a,e   Grenfell, B T ^a,e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health   (Niger)

^c EPICENTRE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Infectious disease control; infectious disease epidemiology; measles (rubeola); spatial modelling; vaccine preventable diseases

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; NIGER; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; POPULATION SIZE; RAILWAY; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; URBAN POPULATION;

MEASLES VACCINE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; NIGER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77956626990     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809991385     Document Type: Article

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