Rapid mortality transition of Pacific Islands in the 19th century

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-11

  Penman, B S ^a   Gupta, S ^a   Shanks, G D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

infectious disease; Key words History of epidemics; mass mortality; Pacific islands

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE FATALITY RATE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSENTERY; EPIDEMIC; ETHNICITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SHIGELLOSIS; SMALLPOX; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTORY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION DENSITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84986575914     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268816001989     Document Type: Review

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