Modeling rapidly disseminating infectious disease during mass gatherings

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 a particularly attractive model scen...

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Main Authors: Chowell, Gerardo, Nishiura, Hiroshi, Viboud, Cécile
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3532170/