Modeling rapidly disseminating infectious disease during mass gatherings

Modeling rapidly disseminating infectious disease during mass gatherings

<p>Abstract</p> <p>We discuss models for rapidly disseminating infectious diseases during mass gatherings (MGs), using influenza as a case study. Recent innovations in modeling and forecasting influenza transmission dynamics at local, regional, and global scales have made influenza...

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Main Authors: Chowell Gerardo, Nishiura Hiroshi, Viboud Cécile
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-12-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Model
mathematical
epidemic
outbreaks
epidemiology
mass gathering
school closure
clustering
reactive vaccination
movement
social networks/
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/10/159

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