Infection-acquired versus vaccine-acquired immunity in an SIRWS model

In some disease systems, the process of waning immunity can be subtle, involving a complex relationship between the duration of immunity—acquired either through natural infection or vaccination—and subsequent boosting of immunity through asymptomatic re-exposure. We present and analyse a model of in...

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Main Authors: Tiffany Leung, Patricia T. Campbell, Barry D. Hughes, Federico Frascoli, James M. McCaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2018-01-01
Series:Infectious Disease Modelling
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468042718300150