Estimating the incidence of an epidemic when it is first discovered and the design of early detection monitoring

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 305, Issue , 2012, Pages 30-36

  Parnell, S ^a   Gottwald, T R ^b   Gilks, W R ^a,c   van den Bosch, F ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease; Model; Sampling; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIC; GROWTH RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION GROWTH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DYNAMICS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH PROGRAM; INCIDENCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84860151566     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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