Open AccessIndividual-Based Modeling of Potential Poliovirus Transmission in Connected Religious Communities in North America With Low Uptake of Vaccination
Author(s) -
Kasper Kisjes,
Radboud J. Duintjer Tebbens,
Gregory S. Wallace,
Mark A. Pallansch,
Stephen L. Cochi,
Steven G. F. Wassilak,
Kimberly M. Thompson
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jit843
Subject(s) - poliomyelitis , herd immunity , transmission (telecommunications) , outbreak , vaccination , population , poliovirus , environmental health , immunization , demography , virology , geography , medicine , immunology , virus , immune system , engineering , electrical engineering , sociology
Pockets of undervaccinated individuals continue to raise concerns about their potential to sustain epidemic transmission of vaccine-preventable diseases. Prior importations of live polioviruses (LPVs) into Amish communities in North America led to their recognition as a potential and identifiable linked network of undervaccinated individuals.
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