A statistical model of the international spread of wild poliovirus in Africa used to predict and prevent outbreaks

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  O'Reilly, Kathleen M ^a   Chauvin, Claire ^b   Aylward, R Bruce ^b   Maher, Chris ^b   Okiror, Sam ^b   Wolff, Chris ^b   Nshmirimana, Deo ^b   Donnelly, Christl A ^a   Grassly, Nicholas C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ACUTE FLACCID PARALYSIS; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHAD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COTE D'IVOIRE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GABON; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALI; MEDICAL HISTORY; NIGERIA; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; PATHOGENICITY; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS;

EID: 80055050620     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001109     Document Type: Article

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