Estimating the subcritical transmissibility of the Zika outbreak in the State of Florida, USA, 2016

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-7

  Dinh, Linh ^a   Chowell, Gerardo ^a,b   Mizumoto, Kenji ^c,d   Nishiura, Hiroshi ^c,d  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Epidemic; Mathematical model; Prediction; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; FLORIDA; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FLORIDA; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84994588712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12976-016-0046-1     Document Type: Article

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