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Immunization
Research on immunization published by scientists at University of Nottingham
February 10th, 2009
"This paper is concerned with a stochastic model for the spread of an SEIR (susceptible -> exposed (=latent) -> infective -> removed) epidemic among a population partitioned into households, featuring different rates of infection for within and between households. The model incorporates responsive vaccination and isolation policies, based upon the appearance of diagnosed cases in households," investigators in Nottingham, the United Kingdom report. "Different models for imperfect vaccine response are considered. A threshold parameter R., which determines whether or not a major epidemic can occur, and the probability of a major epidemic are obtained for different...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-02-10)
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