Waning herd immunity: A challenge for eradication of measles

Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1587-1607

  Moghadas, Seyed M ^a,b   Alexander, Murray E ^b   Sahai, Beni M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c CADHAM PROVINCIAL LABORATORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Epidemic patterns; Herd immunity; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049178908     PISSN: 00357596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1216/RMJ-2008-38-5-1587     Document Type: Conference Paper

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