Extracting key information from historical data to quantify the transmission dynamics of smallpox
Open Access
- 20 August 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling
- Vol. 5 (1), 20
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-4682-5-20
Abstract
Quantification of the transmission dynamics of smallpox is crucial for optimizing intervention strategies in the event of a bioterrorist attack. This article reviews basic methods and findings in mathematical and statistical studies of smallpox which estimate key transmission parameters from historical data.Keywords
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