Opposite patterns of synchrony in sympatric disease metapopulations

Science

Volumn 286, Issue 5441, 1999, Pages 968-971

  Rohani, Pejman ^a   Earn, David J D ^a   Grenfell, Bryan T ^a  

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ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PERTUSSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; WALES; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 0033615482     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5441.968     Document Type: Article

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