The 2017 plague outbreak in Madagascar: Data descriptions and epidemic modelling

Epidemics

Volumn 25, Issue , 2018, Pages 20-25

  Nguyen, Van Kinh ^a   Parra Rojas, César ^a   Hernandez Vargas, Esteban A ^a  

^a FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate; Madagascar; Modelling; Outbreak; Plague; Seasonal; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MADAGASCAR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; ANIMAL; FLEA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAT; RISK; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLAGUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATS; RISK; SIPHONAPTERA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 85047803694     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: 18780067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2018.05.001     Document Type: Article

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