Relationship among epidemiological parameters of six childhood infections in a non-immunized Brazilian community

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 897-900

  Amaku, Marcos ^a   Azevedo, Raymundo Soares ^a   de Castro, Ruy Morgado ^b   Massad, Eduardo ^a   Coutinho, Francisco Antonio Bezerra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Estudos Avancados   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Average age; Epidemiology; Force of infection; Monte Carlo method; Seroprevalence; Viral diseases

Indexed keywords

PARVOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS A; RUBELLA;

EID: 70350292737     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000600013     Document Type: Article

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