Assessing the Impact of Airline Travel on the Geographic Spread of Pandemic Influenza

The objective of this research is to explore what would happen if the Hong Kong influenza pandemic strain of 1968-1969 returned in 2000. We report the results of a series of simulations of an SEIR epidemic model coupled with air transportation data for 52 global cities. Preliminary results suggest t...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of epidemiology 2003, Vol.18 (11), p.1065-1072
Hauptverfasser:	Grais, Rebecca F., Ellis, J. Hugh, Glass, Gregory E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Air transportation Air travel Aircraft Airline industry Algorithms Aviation - statistics & numerical data Biological and medical sciences Cities Cities - epidemiology Computer Simulation Disease models Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data Epidemics Epidemiology Forecasting - methods Forecasting models Geography Global Health Health promotion Hong Kong - epidemiology Human viral diseases Humans Infectious diseases Influenza Influenza virus Influenza, Human - epidemiology Influenza, Human - transmission Medical sciences Models, Statistical Pandemics Passengers Public health Public Health Administration Seasons Sentinel Surveillance Time Factors Travel Travel - statistics & numerical data Viral diseases Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Tags:	Tag hinzufügen Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!

Schreiben Sie den ersten Kommentar!