Affiliation:
1. Department of Biology, Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA 30322, USA
2. Program of Biostatistics and Biomathematics, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre and Department of Biostatistics and School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of WashingtonSeattle, WA 98109, USA
Abstract
Effective control of infectious disease outbreaks is an important public health goal. In a number of recent studies, it has been shown how different intervention measures like travel restrictions, school closures, treatment and prophylaxis might allow us to control outbreaks of diseases, such as SARS, pandemic influenza and others. In these studies, control of a single outbreak is considered. It is, however, not clear how one should handle a situation where multiple outbreaks are likely to occur. Here, we identify the best control strategy for such a situation. We further discuss ways in which such a strategy can be implemented to achieve additional public health objectives.
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Environmental Science,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine
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