Under-explored assumptions in influenza vaccination models: Implications for the universal vaccination of children

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 39, 2012, Pages 5776-5781

  Newall, Anthony T ^a   Dehollain, Juan Pablo ^a   Wood, James G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood vaccination; Influenza; Influenza epidemiology; Mathematical model; School based vaccination; Vaccine efficacy

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EPIDEMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 84864948588     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.06.067     Document Type: Article

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