Sensitivity of household transmission to household contact structure and size

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Marathe, Achla ^a,b   Lewis, Bryan ^a   Chen, Jiangzhuo ^a   Eubank, Stephen ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY SIZE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOUSEHOLD; INFECTION RATE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA;

CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 79960949089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022461     Document Type: Article

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