Estimating the location and spatial extent of a covert anthrax release.

Rapidly identifying the features of a covert release of an agent such as anthrax could help to inform the planning of public health mitigation strategies. Previous studies have sought to estimate the time and size of a bioterror attack based on the symptomatic onset dates of early cases. We extend t...

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Main Authors: Judith Legrand, Joseph R Egan, Ian M Hall, Simon Cauchemez, Steve Leach, Neil M Ferguson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2663800?pdf=render