A measles epidemic threshold in a highly vaccinated population

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1152-1157

  Wallinga, Jacco ^a   Heijne, Janneke C M ^a   Kretzschmar, Mirjam ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MEASLES; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FORECASTING; HERD IMMUNITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HERD; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 28444433814     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020316     Document Type: Article

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