Toward unbiased assessment of treatment and prevention: modeling household transmission of pandemic influenza

Toward unbiased assessment of treatment and prevention: modeling household transmission of pandemic influenza

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Providing valid and reliable estimates of the transmissibility and severity of pandemic influenza in real time is key to guide public health policymaking. In particular, early estimates of the transmissibility are indispensable for determining the type and intens...

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Main Authors: Chowell Gerardo, Nishiura Hiroshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-10-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
epidemic
estimation
household transmissibility
household transmission studies
mathematical model
outbreaks
pandemic
reproduction number
secondary attack rate
serial interval
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/10/118

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