Modelling in infectious diseases: Between haphazard and hazard

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 993-998

  Neuberger, A ^a,b   Paul, M ^a,c   Nizar, A ^b   Raoult, D ^d  

^a Unit of Infectious Diseases   (Israel)

^b Tel Aviv University ^*  (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemics; Epidemiology; Models; Pandemic; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; BIOSURVEILLANCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HAZARD; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTERNET; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ANIMALIA;

EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MODELS; PANDEMIC; PREDICTION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84885482005     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12309     Document Type: Review

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