Using “outbreak science” to strengthen the use of models during epidemics

Nature Communications

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Rivers, Caitlin ^a   Chretien, Jean Paul ^b   Riley, Steven ^c   Pavlin, Julie A ^d   Woodward, Alexandra ^e,f   Brett Major, David ^g   Maljkovic Berry, Irina ^h   Morton, Lindsay ^e,f,i   Jarman, Richard G ^h   Biggerstaff, Matthew ^j   Johansson, Michael A ^k   Reich, Nicholas G ^l   Meyer, Diane ^a   Snyder, Michael R ^a   Pollett, Simon ^g,h,m  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Defense ^*  (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^e Cherokee Nation Strategic Solutions   (United States)

^f Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center   (United States)

^g Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^h WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^k NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^m University of Sydney   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIKUNGUNYA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MODEL; NOTE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TRAINING; CIVIL DEFENSE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION;

CIVIL DEFENSE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 85069432603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11067-2     Document Type: Note

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