The reinfection threshold does not exist

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-152

  Breban, Romulus ^a   Blower, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REINFECTION; VACCINATION;

EID: 18044363448     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.12.026     Document Type: Letter

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