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ion of the population, but this study has shown that identification and isolation of infected individuals and their contacts would be sufficient to stop the spread."

The researchers developed a mathematical model of infectious disease outbreaks using previously published studies that had captured the distribution times of symptoms and infectiousness of the disease.

They also found that the success of control measures was determined as much by the amount of disease transmission before symptoms were displayed, as how easily the disease is transmitted.

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Contact: Tony Stephenson
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Imperial College London
6-May-2004

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