"Wait and see" vaccinating behaviour during a pandemic: A game theoretic analysis

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 5519-5525

  Bhattacharyya, Samit ^a,b   Bauch, Chris T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Game theory; Influenza; Nash equilibrium; Vaccinating behaviour

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); PANDEMIC; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION; WAIT AND SEE;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PANDEMICS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; VACCINATION;

EID: 79960363208     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.05.028     Document Type: Article

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