Challenges and opportunities in disease forecasting in outbreak settings: A case study of measles in Lola Prefecture, Guinea

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 1489-1497

  Graham, Matthew ^a,b   Suk, Jonathan E ^c,d   Takahashi, Saki ^e   Jessica Metcalf, C ^e,f   Paez Jimenez, A ^c,d   Prikazsky, Vladimir ^c,d   Ferrari, Matthew J ^g   Lessler, Justin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; GUINEA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MEASLES; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; STOCHASTIC MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; IMMUNOLOGY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FORECASTING; GUINEA; HUMANS; INFANT; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85046898129     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0218     Document Type: Article

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