Modeling legionnaires'disease outbreaks: Estimating the timing of an aerosolized release using symptom-onset dates

Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-198

  Egan, Joseph R ^a   Hall, Ian M ^a   Lemon, David J ^a   Leach, Steve ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROSOLS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCUBATION PERIOD; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHILADELPHIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79951580736     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31820937c6     Document Type: Article

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