Predicting the course of meningococcal disease outbreaks in closed subpopulations.

A stochastic epidemic model was applied to meningococcal disease outbreaks in defined small populations such as military garrisons and schools. Meningococci are spread primarily by asymptomatic carriers and only a small proportion of those infected develop invasive disease. Bayesian predictions of n...

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Main Authors: Ranta, J., Mäkelä, P. H., Takala, A., Arjas, E.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cambridge University Press 1999
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2810769/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10694146
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