Can we prevent the next epidemic? The elimination of childhood diseases by mass vaccination

Can we prevent the next epidemic? The elimination of childhood diseases by mass vaccination

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Article ID: iaor20013414
Country: New Zealand
Volume: 4
Issue: 2
Start Page Number: 175
End Page Number: 182
Publication Date: Dec 2000
Journal: Journal of Applied Mathematics & Decision Sciences
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Keywords: epidemiology
Abstract:

Recently in New Zealand there have been outbreaks of measles and pertussis every six and five years respectively. A model has been used to compare the dynamics of these diseases, and to determine the optimum ages at which children should be vaccinated against them. Whereas measles could be eliminated by giving the second vaccination at five years instead of eleven, it is difficult to devise a practical scheme that would eliminate pertussis. It is then necessary to consider vaccination schemes in the light of the age-structure of future epidemics as well as their timing.

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