Comparing three basic models for seasonal influenza

Epidemics

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 135-142

  Edlund, Stefan ^a   Kaufman, James ^a   Lessler, Justin ^b   Douglas, Judith ^a   Bromberg, Michal ^c   Kaufman, Zalman ^c   Bassal, Ravit ^c   Chodick, Gabriel ^d   Marom, Rachel ^d   Shalev, Varda ^d   Mesika, Yossi ^e   Ram, Roni ^e   Leventhal, Alex ^f  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^d MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^e IBM HAIFA RESEARCH LAB   (Israel)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Compartmental disease models; Epidemics; Predictive validity; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; ISRAEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISRAEL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 79957968856     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: 18780067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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