Bayesian estimation of the effective reproduction number for pandemic influenza A H1N1 in Guangdong Province, China

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 301-306

  Yang, Fen ^a   Yuan, Lingling ^b   Tan, Xuhui ^b   Huang, Cunrui ^c   Feng, Jun ^b  

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

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Effective reproduction number; Influenza A

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EFFECTIVE REPRODUCTION NUMBER; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PANDEMICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84877995856     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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