Simulation of influenza propagation: Model development, parameter estimation, and mitigation strategies

IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-48

  Andradóttir, Sigrún ^a   Chiu, Wenchi ^a   Goldsman, David ^a   Lee, Mi Lim ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

computer simulation; intervention strategies; Pandemic influenza

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR; RIMANTADINE; ZANAMIVIR;

AGE; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H2N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION; TRAVEL;

EID: 84981249319     PISSN: 19488300     EISSN: 19488319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19488300.2014.880093     Document Type: Article

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