Open AccessNetwork Structure Can Play a Role in Vaccination Thresholds and Herd Immunity: A Simulation Using a Network Mathematical Model
Author(s) -
Emma S. McBryde
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/597012
Subject(s) - herd immunity , vaccination , herd , measles , medicine , outbreak , immunity , immunology , virology , immune system , veterinary medicine
[Extract] To the Editor—Dominguez et al. [1] described outbreaks of measles occurring in Catalonia despite good vaccination rates. The way in which heterogeneity in the distribution of nonimmune individuals diminishes herd immunity can be explained using network simulation models
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