Real-time Estimation of Epidemiologic Parameters from Contact Tracing Data during an Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreak

Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 230-236

  Soetens, Loes ^a,b   Klinkenberg, Don ^a   Swaan, Corien ^a   Hahné, Susan ^a   Wallinga, Jacco ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMALLPOX; TIME PERCEPTION; ALGORITHM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85048385270     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000776     Document Type: Article

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