Analysis of Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Pandemic SARS Spread in Mainland China

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Cao, Chunxiang ^a   Chen, Wei ^a,b   Zheng, Sheng ^a   Zhao, Jian ^a   Wang, Jinfeng ^b   Cao, Wuchun ^c  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF REMOTE SENSING SCIENCE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COVARIANCE; ENTROPY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANDEMIC; PROBABILITY; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SIMULATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84984705762     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2016/7247983     Document Type: Article

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