Herald waves of cholera in nineteenth century London

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 8, Issue 58, 2011, Pages 756-760

  Tien, Joseph H ^a   Poinar, Hendrik N ^b,c   Fisman, DavidN ^e   Earn, David J D ^c,d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disease seasonality; Herald wave; John Snow; London cholera; Waterborne disease model

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SNOW; TIME SERIES;

HERALD WAVE; JOHN SNOW; LONDON CHOLERA; SEASONALITY; WATER-BORNE DISEASE;

STRAIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHOLERA; DEATH; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; SEASON; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

EID: 79953250878     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0494     Document Type: Article

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