The basic reproduction number (R0) of measles: a systematic review

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2017, Pages e420-e428

  Guerra, Fiona M ^a   Bolotin, Shelly ^a,b   Lim, Gillian ^a   Heffernan, Jane ^d   Deeks, Shelley L ^a,b   Li, Ye ^a   Crowcroft, Natasha S ^a,b,c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ELIMINATION; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION CONTROL; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; MEASLES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 85026296396     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30307-9     Document Type: Review

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