Transmission potential of the novel avian influenza A(H7N9) infection in mainland China

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 352, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-5

  Xiao, Yanni ^a   Sun, Xiaodan ^a   Tang, Sanyi ^b   Wu, Jianhong ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Interventions; Mathematical model; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHINA; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

CHINA;

CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84896273315     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.02.038     Document Type: Article

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