Inducing Herd Immunity against Seasonal Influenza in Long-Term Care Facilities through Employee Vaccination Coverage: A Transmission Dynamics Model

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wendelboe, Aaron M ^a   Grafe, Carl ^a   McCumber, Micah ^a   Anderson, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; HOSPITALS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TRANSMISSIONS; VACCINES;

COMPARTMENTAL MODEL; CONTACT PARAMETERS; HEALTHCARE WORKERS; MODEL VALIDATION; RANDOM VARIATION; STOCHASTIC COMPONENT; SURVEILLANCE DATA; TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CROSS PROTECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LONG TERM CARE FACILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MARKOV CHAIN; NEW MEXICO; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; VACCINATION;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HERD; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LINEAR MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW MEXICO; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SEASONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84935830189     PISSN: 1748670X     EISSN: 17486718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/178247     Document Type: Article

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