Modelling the epidemic spread of an H1N1 influenza outbreak in a rural university town

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1610-1620

  Vaidya, N K ^a   Morgan, M ^b   Jones, T ^b   Miller, L ^b   Lapin, S ^b   Schwartz, E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infectious disease epidemiology; influenza; mathematical modelling; Susceptible Infected Removed (SIR) model; university setting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929279030     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814002568     Document Type: Article

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