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Effectiveness of traveller screening for emerging pathogens is shaped by epidemiology and natural history of infection

During outbreaks of high-consequence pathogens, airport screening programs have been deployed to curtail geographic spread of infection. The effectiveness of screening depends on several factors, including pathogen natural history and epidemiology, human behavior, and characteristics of the source e...

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Autores principales: Gostic, Katelyn M, Kucharski, Adam J, Lloyd-Smith, James O
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4337724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25695520
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05564