The impact of imitation on vaccination behavior in social contact networks

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Ndeffo Mbah, Martial L ^a   Liu, Jingzhou ^a   Bauch, Chris T ^b   Tekel, Yonas I ^a,c   Medlock, Jan ^d,e   Meyers, Lauren Ancel ^f,g   Galvani, Alison P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^g SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; GAME THEORY; VACCINES;

CLUSTERINGS; CONTACT NETWORKS; DECISIONS MAKINGS; DISEASE DYNAMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELING; GAME-THEORETIC; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NETWORK-BASED; NUMBER OF CONTACTS; SOCIAL CONTACTS;

DECISION MAKING;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG COST; EPIDEMIC; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL NETWORK; VACCINATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; MASS IMMUNIZATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MASS VACCINATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84861125808     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002469     Document Type: Article

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