Modeling the impact of air, sea, and land travel restrictions supplemented by other interventions on the emergence of a new influenza pandemic virus

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chong, Ka Chun ^a   Ying Zee, Benny Chung ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LAND TRAVEL; LEGAL ASPECT; SEA TRAVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; TRAVEL RESTRICTION;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PANDEMICS; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL;

EID: 84869107449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-309     Document Type: Article

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