How to interpret the transmissibility of novel influenza A(H7N9): An analysis of initial epidemiological data of human cases from China

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nishiura, Hiroshi ^a,b   Mizumoto, Kenji ^a,c   Ejima, Keisuke ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A;

CHINA; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A;

CHINA; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 84876967294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-10-30     Document Type: Article

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