The effect of community structure on the immunity coverage required to prevent epidemics

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-39

  Becker, Niels G ^a   Utev, Sergey ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; IMMUNITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REVIEW; VACCINATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MATHEMATICS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0031986262     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(97)00079-5     Document Type: Article

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