Spatiotemporal dynamics of viral hepatitis A in Italy

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Ajelli, Marco ^a   Fumanelli, Laura ^a,b   Manfredi, Piero ^c   Merler, Stefano ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Equilibria; HAV; Spatial contact matrix; Stability; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MATRIX; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION MODELING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABILIZATION; VACCINATION; VIRAL DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; PUGLIA;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

EID: 78751581613     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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