Inferring influenza dynamics and control in households

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 29, 2015, Pages 9094-9099

  Lau, Max S Y ^a,b,c   Cowling, Benjamin J ^d   Cook, Alex R ^e,f   Riley, Steven ^g  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Bio mathematics and Statistics   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f YALE NUS COLLEGE   (Singapore)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Household transmission; Influenza dynamics; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Nonpharmaceutical interventions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE MASK; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HAND WASHING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOSE SMEAR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS SHEDDING; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAMILY SIZE; HONG KONG; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84937677518     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1423339112     Document Type: Article

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