Characterizing the dynamics of rubella relative to measles: The role of stochasticity

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 88, 2013, Pages

  Rozhnova, Ganna ^a,b   Metcalf, C Jessica E ^c   Grenfell, Bryan T ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Centro de Fisica da Materia Condensada   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood diseases; Recurrent epidemics; Rubella and measles; Spectral analysis; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROMES; DEMOGRAPHIC STOCHASTICITY; RECURRENT EPIDEMICS; RUBELLA AND MEASLES; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; STOCHASTICITY; SUSCEPTIBLE-INFECTED-RECOVERED MODEL;

POPULATION STATISTICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MEASLES; RECURRENCE RISK; RUBELLA; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VACCINATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEASLES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RUBELLA; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84884882096     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0643     Document Type: Article

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