Impact of birth seasonality on dynamics of acute immunizing infections in Sub-Saharan Africa.

We analyze the impact of birth seasonality (seasonal oscillations in the birth rate) on the dynamics of acute, immunizing childhood infectious diseases. Previous research has explored the effect of human birth seasonality on infectious disease dynamics using parameters appropriate for the developed...

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Main Authors: Audrey M Dorélien, Sebastien Ballesteros, Bryan T Grenfell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3799982?pdf=render