The effect of heterogeneity in measles vaccination on population immunity

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 675-683

  Glass, K ^a   Kappey, J ^b   Grenfell, B T ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES ANTIBODY; MEASLES VACCINE;

AGE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RATE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; METAPOPULATION; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; VACCINATION;

HUMANS; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; VACCINATION;

EID: 4143082891     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804002080     Document Type: Article

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