To evaluate the hypothesis that respondents' affective state (subjective anxiety, fatalism about infection) predicts protective measures, we include in the model demographic (age, gender), epidemiological (household size, number of contacts, survey day), and media (source of information on the outbreak) conditioning variables.
To our knowledge, there are no studies published in the biomedical literature that attempt to predict the start week of an RSV outbreak using variables that can be acquired in real time and that are appropriate for inclusion in a forecast model that can be used in a clinical setting.
The model permits the investigation of spatio-temporal development of a fruit fly outbreak under variable environmental conditions and taking account of the location, availability and suitability of preferred food, and of the existence of obstacles to spread.
To establish the influence of factors determining respondents' application of preventive measures during the outbreak (dependent variable), we performed stepwise backward regression analyses.
20 Mass media focused a great deal on influenza A (H1N1) during the months following the outbreak with variable rates of news coverage.
Variables of the outbreak, including clinical variables and geographic distribution, were illustrated using graphs, histograms and colour coded, density maps (maps were drawn using the software Photoshop).
The size of these outbreaks was variable and 1996 was the largest epidemic year recorded (Figure 1).
During 2002 2011, Kaohsiung City has had annual outbreaks of variable scales, resulting in ≈6,800 confirmed cases (3 ).
This frequently causes dengue outbreaks of variable severity and the city of Cairns is often the focus of these outbreaks [ 7, 10].
Sweden has had reported cases of tularemia since 1931, with outbreaks of variable magnitude, but with no cyclical patterns or trends (4 ).
