Evolutionary game theory and social learning can determine how vaccine scares unfold

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; GAME THEORY; RISK PERCEPTION;

BRITAIN; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EVOLUTIONARY GAME THEORY; FEEDBACK LOOPS; FREE-RIDERS; HERD IMMUNITIES; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MODEL FIT; MODEL-BASED OPC; SOCIAL LEARNING;

VACCINES;

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR INCIDENCE MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY GAME THEORY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL LEARNING; THEORY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION; VACCINE RISK PERCEPTION; VACCINE SCARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; GAME; IMITATION; LEARNING; MASS IMMUNIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION;

RUBELLA;

CULTURAL EVOLUTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GAME THEORY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MASS VACCINATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84861144336     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002452     Document Type: Article

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