Driving factors of influenza transmission in the netherlands

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1469-1477

  Beest, Dennis E Te ^a   Van Boven, Michiel ^a   Hooiveld, Mariëtte ^b   Van Den Dool, Carline ^c   Wallinga, Jacco ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemic modeling; Influenza; Seasonality; Transmission dynamics

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FESTIVAL; INFLUENZA; SEASONALITY; TIME SERIES;

ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRIVE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA; LEISURE; NETHERLANDS; SCHOOL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EPIDEMIC MODELING; INFLUENZA; SEASONALITY; TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPIDEMICS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; SCHOOLS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84890112064     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt132     Document Type: Article

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