Partial immunity and vaccination for influenza

Journal of Computational Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1689-1696

  Zhang, Xinan ^a   Zhao, Yingdong ^b   Neumann, Avidan U ^c  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

chi square test of goodness of fit; influenza type A; mathematical modeling

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; METHODOLOGY; VACCINATION;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 78650006149     PISSN: 10665277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cmb.2009.0003     Document Type: Article

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