Herd immunity acquired indirectly from interactions between the ecology of infectious diseases, demography and economics

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue 44, 2010, Pages 541-547

  Bonds, Matthew H ^a   Rohani, Pejman ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological modelling; Epidemiology; Population ecology

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRODUCTIVITY;

BIRTH RATES; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DISEASE ECOLOGY; DISEASE PREVENTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELLING; HEALTH BENEFITS; HIGH RATE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; POLICY INTERVENTION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC PROCESS;

DISEASES;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; FERTILITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; PREVALENCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 76049098073     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0281     Document Type: Article

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