Mathematical assessment of the impact of cohort vaccination on pneumococcal carriage and serotype replacement

Although pneumococcal vaccines are quite effective in reducing disease burden, factors such as imperfect vaccine efficacy and serotype replacement present an important challenge against realizing direct and herd protection benefits of the vaccines. In this study, a novel mathematical model is design...

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Main Authors: Tufail M. Malik, Jemal Mohammed-Awel, Abba B. Gumel, Elamin H. Elbasha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-05-01
Series:Journal of Biological Dynamics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17513758.2021.1884760