The social contact hypothesis under the assumption of endemic equilibrium: Elucidating the transmission potential of VZV in Europe

Epidemics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 14-23

  Santermans, E ^a   Goeyvaerts, N ^a,b   Melegaro, A ^c   Edmunds, W J ^d   Faes, C ^a   Aerts, M ^a   Beutels, P ^b,e   Hens, N ^a,b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact data; Mathematical model; Mixing; Risk factors; Varicella

Indexed keywords

VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFERRED EFFECTIVE REPRODUCTION NUMBER R; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAXIMAL INFORMATION COEFFICIENT; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM FOREST; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AGE; CHICKENPOX; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923260295     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: 18780067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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