Assessing the risk of observing multiple generations of middle east respiratory syndrome (MERS) cases given an imported case

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 27, 2015, Pages 6-11

  Nishiura, H ^a,b   Miyamatsu, Y ^a,b   Chowell, G ^c,d   Saitoh, M ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACCIDENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; OUTCOME VARIABLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE EAST; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84937203303     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.27.21181     Document Type: Article

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