Generalized reproduction numbers and the prediction of patterns in waterborne disease

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 48, 2012, Pages 19703-19708

  Gatto, Marino ^a,b   Mari, Lorenzo ^a,b   Bertuzzo, Enrico ^b   Casagrandi, Renato ^a   Righetto, Lorenzo ^b   Rodriguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^c   Rinaldo, Andrea ^b,d  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystems; Bifurcations; Ecohydrology; Invasion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HYDROLOGY; METAPOPULATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER BORNE DISEASE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER SUPPLY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84870324874     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1217567109     Document Type: Article

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