Multiple dose vaccination against childhood diseases: High coverage with the first dose remains crucial for eradication

IMA Journal of Mathemathics Applied in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 201-212

  Paulo, A C ^a   Gomes, M C ^a   Casinhas, A C ^b   Horta, A ^b   Domingos, T ^b  

^a Center of Mathematics and Fundamental Applications   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Childhood diseases; Disease eradication; Multiple doses; Vaccination schedules

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DISEASE CONTROL; DOSE RESPONSE; ERADICATION THERAPY; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; MEASLES; MUMPS; RUBELLA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION; VIRUS LATENCY;

CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; MATHEMATICS; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

VACCINES;

CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARTMENT MODELING; CONDITION; COVERAGE RATE; DISEASE ERADICATION; EXPLICIT ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; MULTIPLE-DOSE; SINGLE-DOSE; VACCINATION SCHEDULE;

DISEASES;

EID: 0033764388     PISSN: 02650746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imammb17.3.201     Document Type: Article

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