Detecting Presymptomatic Infection Is Necessary to Forecast Major Epidemics in the Earliest Stages of Infectious Disease Outbreaks
<p xmlns:etd="http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/ora/modsextensions">We assess how presymptomatic infection affects predictability of infectious disease epidemics. We focus on whether or not a major outbreak (i.e. an epidemic that will go on to infect a large number of individuals) can be pred...
Main Authors: | Thompson, R, Gilligan, C, Cunniffe, N |
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Format: | Journal article |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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