Quantifying the re-exposure process to an infectious agent. Measles and Varicella as examples

DOI10.1016/J.MBS.2013.07.013MaRDI QIDQ2435993zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba, P. Manfredi

Publication date 21 February 2014

Published in Mathematical Biosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2013.07.013

zbMATH Keywords

force of infectionchildhood viral infectionsimmunity boostingre-exposure process

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Medical epidemiology (92C60) Epidemiology (92D30)

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