Resource allocation for epidemic control in metapopulations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Mbah, Martial L Ndeffo ^a,b   Gilligan, Christopher A ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METAPOPULATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ALGORITHMS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 80052709589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024577     Document Type: Article

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