A low-cost method to assess the epidemiological importance of individuals in controlling infectious disease outbreaks

BMC Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Smieszek, Timo ^a   Salathé, Marcel ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collocation; Influenza; Prevention; Sentinel surveillance; SIR model; Social network

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLLOCATION RANKING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; MEASUREMENT; SIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873699526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-35     Document Type: Article

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