Title

Individual-Based Modeling Of Potential Poliovirus Transmission In Connected Religious Communities In North America With Low Uptake Of Vaccination

Keywords

disease outbreaks; heterogeneity; immunization; individual-based model; polio

Abstract

Background: 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.

Publication Date

11-1-2014

Publication Title

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volume

210

Number of Pages

S424-S433

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jit843

Socpus ID

84910658010 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84910658010

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