Impact of Birth Seasonality on Dynamics of Acute Immunizing Infections in Sub-Saharan Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Dorélien, Audrey M ^a   Ballesteros, Sebastien ^b   Grenfell, Bryan T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYNAMICS; EPIDEMIC; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALGORITHMS; BIRTH RATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS;

EID: 84885792094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075806     Document Type: Article

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