Epidemiologic Implications of Asymptomatic Reinfection: A Mathematical Modeling Study of Norovirus

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 507-512

  Lopman, Ben ^a   Simmons, Kirsten ^b   Gambhir, Manoj ^b   Vinjé, Jan ^b   Parashar, Umesh ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

asymptomatic infection; case control study; immunity; incidence; modeling; norovirus

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNITY; INFECTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REINFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GASTROENTERITIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PATHOGENICITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

NOROVIRUS;

ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOROVIRUS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84893228832     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt287     Document Type: Article

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