Multiple Estimates of Transmissibility for the 2009 Influenza Pandemic Based on Influenza-like-Illness Data from Small US Military Populations

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Riley, Pete ^a   Ben Nun, Michal ^a   Armenta, Richard ^a   Linker, Jon A ^a   Eick, Angela A ^b   Sanchez, Jose L ^b   George, Dylan ^c   Bacon, David P ^d   Riley, Steven ^a,e  

^a PREDICTIVE SCIENCE INC   (United States)

^b Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center   (United States)

^c National Center for Medical Intelligence   (United States)

^d SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; INSPECTION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; DATA-SOURCE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; INCONSISTENT DATA; INFLUENZA PANDEMICS; MILITARY INSTALLATIONS; MILITARY SOURCES; MULTIPLE ESTIMATES; US MILITARY; ZIP CODE;

DISEASES;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PANDEMIC; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878513567     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003064     Document Type: Article

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