Infectious disease pandemic planning and response: Incorporating decision analysis

Freya M Shearer; Robert Moss; Jodie McVernon; Joshua V Ross; James M McCaw

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Infectious disease pandemic planning and response: Incorporating decision analysis

Freya M Shearer, Robert Moss, Jodie McVernon, Joshua V Ross, James M McCaw

PLOS MEDICINE | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2020

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003018

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Abstract

Freya Shearer and co-authors discuss the use of decision analysis in planning for infectious disease pandemics.

University of Melbourne Researchers

James McCaw Author Mathematics and Statistics

Freya Shearer Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Rob Moss Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Jodie McVernon Author Infectious Diseases

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Funding Acknowledgements

This material is based upon work supported by the US Army International Technology Center Pacific (ITC-PAC) under Contract No. W90GQZ-70660019, which supports FMS. JMcV is supported by a NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship (GNT1117140). RM is supported by an Australian Defence Science Technology Group research agreement (ID 8720). This work was also supported in part by PRISM2, a NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence (GNT1078068). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.