Real-time Modelling of a Pandemic Influenza Outbreak
by Paul J Birrell, et al.
Publisher: NIHR Journals Library 2017
Number of pages: 144
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This study, funded by the National Institute for Health Research, has shown that real-time inference of pandemic flu is feasible using spatially disaggregated data and a system to implement this has been developed to fit with pandemic preparedness plans.
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