Dynamics of a multigroup epidemiological model with group-targeted vaccination strategies

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-64

  Chow, Lamwah ^a,b   Fan, Meng ^a   Feng, Zhilan ^c  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control reproduction number; Multigroup epidemiological model; Type reproduction number; Vaccination strategy

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; MODEL; VACCINATION;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERADICATION THERAPY; GROUP DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 80053435232     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.09.020     Document Type: Article

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