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Inferring Outbreak Characteristics from a Short Observation Period of Symptomatic Patients
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The aerosol release of a pathogen during a bioterrorist incident may not always be caught on environmental sensors - it may be too small, may consist of a preparation that is coarse and heavy (and consequently precipitates quickly) or may simply… read more… release of a pathogen during a bioterrorist incident may not always be caught on environmental sensors - it may … observation period of symptomatic patients Jaideep Ray, Y. M. Marzouk, M. Kraus and P. Fast Sandia National … ap- proach to data from the Sverdlovsk outbreak where 70 people died. Figure 1 Estimates of the size of outbreak …