Serial intervals of respiratory infectious diseases: A systematic review and analysis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 865-875

  Vink, Margaretha Annelie ^a,b   Bootsma, Martinus Christoffel Jozef ^c,d   Wallinga, Jacco ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

generation interval; generation time; respiratory infectious diseases; serial interval

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SYMPTOM;

CHICKENPOX; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); MEASLES; MEDLINE; MUMPS; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PERTUSSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RUBELLA; SECONDARY INFECTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SMALLPOX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; FAMILY SIZE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VIRUS DISEASES;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84911058636     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu209     Document Type: Review

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