An individual-based model of hepatitis A transmission

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 478-488

  Ajelli, Marco ^a,b   Merler, Stefano ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer simulations; Disease transmission; Endemic diseases; Mathematical modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS; HYGIENE; LIVING STANDARD; NUMERICAL MODEL; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649986041     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.03.038     Document Type: Article

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