How Infections Propagate After Point-Source Outbreaks | Zendy

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How Infections Propagate After Point-Source Outbreaks

Author(s) -

Jon Zelner,

Aaron A. King,

Christine L. Moe,

Joseph N.S. Eisenberg

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901

H-Index - 173

eISSN - 1531-5487

pISSN - 1044-3983

DOI - 10.1097/ede.0b013e3181e5463a

Subject(s) - outbreak , norovirus , transmission (telecommunications) , statistics , confidence interval , point estimation , estimation , econometrics , demography , environmental health , medicine , mathematics , computer science , virology , telecommunications , sociology , management , economics

Secondary transmission after point-source outbreaks is an integral feature of the epidemiology of gastrointestinal pathogens such as norovirus. The household is an important site of these secondary cases. It can become the source of further community transmission as well as new point-source outbreaks. Consequently, time-series data from exposed households provide information for risk assessment and intervention.

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