Estimation of measles vaccine efficacy and critical vaccination coverage in a highly vaccinated population

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue 52, 2010, Pages 1537-1544

  Van Boven, Michiel ^a   Kretzschmar, Mirjam ^a,b   Wallinga, Jacco ^a,b   O'Neill, Philip D ^c   Wichmann, Ole ^d   Hahné, Susan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; MCMC; Measles; Reproduction number; Vaccination; Vaccine efficacy

Indexed keywords

INFERENCE ENGINES; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; VACCINES;

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; MCMC; MEASLES; REPRODUCTION NUMBER; VACCINATION;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77955048301     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0086     Document Type: Article

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