Optimizing reactive responses to outbreaks of immunizing infections: balancing case management and vaccination.

For vaccine-preventable infections, immunization generally needs to be supplemented by palliative care of individuals missed by the vaccination. Costs and availability of vaccine doses and palliative care vary by disease and by region. In many situations, resources for delivery of palliative care ar...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Petra Klepac, Ottar N Bjørnstad, C Jessica E Metcalf, Bryan T Grenfell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22899996/pdf/?tool=EBI