Optimal vaccination schemes for epidemics among a population of households, with application to variola minor in Brazil

DOI10.1177/0962280206071643zbMath1122.92303WikidataQ51929338 ScholiaQ51929338MaRDI QIDQ5424997

Owen D. Lyne, Frank G. Ball

Publication date: 7 November 2007

Published in: Statistical Methods in Medical Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0962280206071643

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92D30: Epidemiology

92C60: Medical epidemiology

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