Modelling the effects of population structure on childhood disease: The case of varicella

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Silhol, Romain ^a,b   Boëlle, Pierre Yves ^b,c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; SURVEYS;

CENSUS DATA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CUMULATIVE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODELLING; MODEL-BASED OPC; POPULATION STRUCTURES; RICH STRUCTURE; SMALL SCALE; TRANSMISSION PROBABILITIES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIRTH ORDER; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCESS MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; METHODOLOGY; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SCHOOLS;

EID: 79960963615     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002105     Document Type: Article

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