Modeling the initial transmission dynamics of influenza A H1N1 in Guangdong Province, China

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Tan, Xuhui ^a   Yuan, Lingling ^a   Zhou, Jingjing ^a   Zheng, Yinan ^b   Yang, Fen ^c  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Influenza A; Modeling; Pandemic; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHINA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; SEROLOGY;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PANDEMICS;

EID: 84877662100     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.11.018     Document Type: Article

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