Utilizing general human movement models to predict the spread of emerging infectious diseases in resource poor settings

Scientific Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Kraemer, M U G ^a,b,c   Golding, N ^d   Bisanzio, D ^e,f   Bhatt, S ^g   Pigott, D M ^h   Ray, S E ^h   Brady, O J ⁱ   Brownstein, J S ^b,c   Faria, N R ^a   Cummings, D A T ^j   Pybus, O G ^a   Smith, D L ^h,k   Tatem, A J ^l,m   Hay, S I ^h   Reiner, R C ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^k SANARIA INC   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^m FLOWMINDER FOUNDATION   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; HUMAN; MIGRATION;

AFRICA, WESTERN; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 85063503731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41192-3     Document Type: Article

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