Deciphering the relative weights of demographic transition and vaccination in the decrease of measles incidence in Italy

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1777, 2014, Pages

  Merler, Stefano ^a   Ajelli, Marco ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Demography; Infectious diseases; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIRTH RATE; DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FERTILITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MEASLES; VACCINATION; WEIGHT;

ITALY;

EID: 84891879388     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2676     Document Type: Article

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