Joint quantification of transmission dynamics and diagnostic accuracy applied to influenza

Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-64

  Nishiura, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Influenza; Model; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PANDEMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIROLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PANDEMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78651350470     PISSN: 15471063     EISSN: 15510018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/mbe.2011.8.49     Document Type: Article

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