A systematic review of studies on forecasting the dynamics of influenza outbreaks

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 309-316

  Nsoesie, Elaine O ^a,b,c   Brownstein, John S ^a,b,d   Ramakrishnan, Naren ^e   Marathe, Madhav V ^c,e  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartmental models; Individual based models; Infectious diseases; Influenza forecasting; Pandemics; Time series models

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEDLINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEARCH ENGINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FORECASTING; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEASONS;

EID: 84898044168     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12226     Document Type: Review

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