Leveraging social networks for understanding the evolution of epidemics

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages

  Martín, Gonzalo ^a   Marinescu, Maria Cristina ^a   Singh, David E ^a   Carretero, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; VACCINATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84255175681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-5-S3-S14     Document Type: Article

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