Assessing Optimal Target Populations for Influenza Vaccination Programmes: An Evidence Synthesis and Modelling Study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Baguelin, Marc ^a,b   Flasche, Stefan ^a,b,c   Camacho, Anton ^a,b   Demiris, Nikolaos ^d   Miller, Elizabeth ^a   Edmunds, W John ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INTERVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886619222     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001527     Document Type: Article

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