Identifiability and estimation of multiple transmission pathways in cholera and waterborne disease

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 324, Issue , 2013, Pages 84-102

  Eisenberg, Marisa C ^a,b   Robertson, Suzanne L ^a,c   Tien, Joseph H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholera; Differential algebra; Disease dynamics; Parameter estimation; Waterborne diseases

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TIMESCALE; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ANGOLA; ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHOLERA; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SIWR MODEL; WATER BORNE DISEASE; WATERBORNE MICROORGANISM;

ANGOLA; CHOLERA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84875251690     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.12.021     Document Type: Article

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