A model for the A(H1N1) epidemic in Mexico, including social isolation;Un modelo para la epidemia de A(H1N1) en México incorporando aislamiento social

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-47

  Velasco Hernández, Jorge X ^a,b   Leite, Maria Conceicao A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Flu; H1N1; Influenza; Mexico; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951628658     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342011000100007     Document Type: Article

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