Efficient simulation of the spatial transmission dynamics of influenza

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Tsai, Meng Tsung ^a   Chern, Tsurng Chen ^a   Chuang, Jen Hsiang ^b   Hsueh, Chih Wen ^c   Kuo, Hsu Sung ^b   Liau, Churn Jung ^a   Riley, Steven ^d   Shen, Bing Jie ^e   Shen, Chih Hao ^f   Wang, Da Wei ^a   Hsu, Tsan Sheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SIMULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TAIWAN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PANDEMIC; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149491348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013292     Document Type: Article

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