Modeling seasonal influenza outbreak in a closed college campus: Impact of pre-season vaccination, in-season vaccination and holidays/breaks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Nichol, Kristin L ^a,b   Tummers, Kate ^c   Hoyer Leitzel, Alanna ^c   Marsh, Jennifer ^c   Moynihan, Matt ^c   McKelvey, Steven ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; IN SEASON VACCINATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRE SEASON VACCINATION; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SIMULATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEISURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MINNESOTA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS; VACCINATION;

EID: 77949713456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009548     Document Type: Article

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