Controlling Pandemic Flu: The Value of International Air Travel Restrictions
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Controlling Pandemic Flu: The Value of International Air Travel Restrictions
BACKGROUND Planning for a possible influenza pandemic is an extremely high priority, as social and economic effects of an unmitigated pandemic would be devastating. Mathematical models can be used to explore different scenarios and provide insight into potential costs, benefits, and effectiveness of prevention and control strategies under consideration. METHODS AND FINDINGS A stochastic, equa...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000401