Open AccessUnderstanding Trends in Pertussis Incidence: An Agent-Based Model Approach
Author(s) -
Erinn Sanstead,
Cynthia Kenyon,
SD Rowley,
Eva A. Enns,
Claudia Miller,
Kristen Ehresmann,
Shalini Kulasingam
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2015.302794
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , medicine , vaccination , herd immunity , immunity , outbreak , whooping cough , pertussis vaccine , transmission (telecommunications) , epidemiology , pediatrics , immunology , demography , immunization , virology , immune system , physics , electrical engineering , sociology , optics , engineering
We examined the impact of undetected infections, adult immunity, and waning vaccine-acquired immunity on recent age-related trends in pertussis incidence.