Real-time investigation of measles epidemics with estimate of vaccine efficacy

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 620-629

  Ejima, Keisuke ^a   Omori, Ryosuke ^b   Aihara, Kazuyuki ^a,c   Nishiura, Hiroshi ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mathematical model; Measles; Vaccination; Vaccine efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863765457     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.4329     Document Type: Article

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