Modeling Potential Responses to Smallpox as a Bioterrorist Weapon

We constructed a mathematical model to describe the spread of smallpox after a deliberate release of the virus. Assuming 100 persons initially infected and 3 persons infected per infectious person, quarantine alone could stop disease transmission but would require a minimum daily removal rate of 50%...

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Main Authors: Martin I. Meltzer, Inger K. Damon, James W. LeDuc, J. Donald Millar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/6/01-0607_article