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Volume 9, Number 8, August 2003 Detecting Bioterror Attacks by Screening Blood Donors: A Best-Case AnalysisEdward H. Kaplan,*Christopher A. Patton,† William P. FitzGerald,†
Lawrence M. Wein‡ |
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Figure 1. Probability distribution of attack detection delay for a noncontagious agent. Blood donations occur at rate k=0.05 per person per year, the screening test has a mean window period of ω=3 days, and initial attack sizes range from 100 through 1,000 infections. |
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