Quantifying the contribution of asymptomatic infection to the cumulative incidence

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1256-1258

  Champredon, D ^a   Moghadas, S M ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic infection; epidemiology; mathematical modelling; public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATHOGENESIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 85011818135     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268817000115     Document Type: Article

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