Abstract
This chapter considers the effect of the incubation period of disease on temporal patterns in disease surveillance, focusing on three diseases with widely differing incubation periods: HIV/AIDS, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and anthrax. It identifies some factors that can affect time trends in surveillance data. It describes quantitative methods of monitoring common source and continuous exposure epidemics, and presents simple mathematical models for describing the transmission of diseases that are spread from person to person.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Monitoring the Health of Populations |
Subtitle of host publication | Statistical Principles and Methods for Public Health Surveillance |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780199864928 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780195146493 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2009 |
Keywords
- AIDS
- Anthrax
- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- Disease surveillance
- HIV
- Incubation period
- Temporal patterns
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Arts and Humanities