Modelling the seasonal epidemics of respiratory syncytial virus in young children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Moore, Hannah C ^a   Jacoby, Peter ^a   Hogan, Alexandra B ^b   Blyth, Christopher C ^c,d   Mercer, Geoffry N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS DETECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903516044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100422     Document Type: Article

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