Estimates of the reproduction number for seasonal, pandemic, and zoonotic influenza: A systematic review of the literature

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Biggerstaff, Matthew ^a   Cauchemez, Simon ^b   Reed, Carrie ^a   Gambhir, Manoj ^a   Finelli, Lyn ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Influenza; Pandemics; Reproductive number; Zoonotic influenza

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; ASIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HONG KONG INFLUENZA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; REPRODUCTION NUMBER; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS; ZOONOTIC INFLUENZA;

EID: 84907661333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-480     Document Type: Article

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