Abrupt transition to heightened poliomyelitis epidemicity in England and Wales, 1947-1957, associated with a pronounced increase in the geographical rate of disease propagation

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 577-591

  Smallman Raynor, M R ^a   Cliff, A D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England and Wales; Epidemics; Epidemiological methods; Geography; Poliomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTORY; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; WALES; DISEASE ACTIVITY;

ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLIOMYELITIS; RISK FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 84896446404     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813001441     Document Type: Article

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