Immune boosting explains regime-shifts in prevaccine-era pertussis dynamics.

Understanding the biological mechanisms underlying episodic outbreaks of infectious diseases is one of mathematical epidemiology's major goals. Historic records are an invaluable source of information in this enterprise. Pertussis (whooping cough) is a re-emerging infection whose intermittent b...

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Main Authors: Jennie S Lavine, Aaron A King, Viggo Andreasen, Ottar N Bjørnstad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3753349?pdf=render