Characterising pandemic severity and transmissibility from data collected during first few hundred studies

Early estimation of the probable impact of a pandemic influenza outbreak can assist public health authorities to ensure that response measures are proportionate to the scale of the threat. Recently, frameworks based on transmissibility and severity have been proposed for initial characterization of...

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Main Authors: Andrew J. Black, Nicholas Geard, James M. McCaw, Jodie McVernon, Joshua V. Ross
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-06-01
Series:Epidemics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436517300063