Prediction of the spatial evolution and effects of control measures for the unfolding Haiti cholera outbreak

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Bertuzzo, E ^a   Mari, L ^a   Righetto, L ^a   Gatto, M ^b   Casagrandi, R ^b   Blokesch, M ^a   Rodriguez Iturbe, I ^c   Rinaldo, A ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTABLE WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; CAUSATIVE AGENTS; CONTROL MEASURES; DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES; EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS; HUMAN COMMUNITIES; INTERVENTION STRATEGY; MASS VACCINATION; NORTHERN REGIONS; SPATIAL EVOLUTION; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT MODELS; SPATIO TEMPORAL FEATURES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CHOLERA; DISEASE SPREAD; DRINKING WATER; EPIDEMIC; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SANITATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

HAITI;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79952916691     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL046823     Document Type: Article

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