Optimizing influenza vaccine policies for controlling 2009-like pandemics and regular outbreaks

Background This study examined the effectiveness of various vaccine policies against influenza. The transmission rate was calculated by use of the time-series influenza-like illness case during the year of 2009 and recent epidemics in Taiwan. Methods We developed a stochastic compartmental model to...

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Main Authors: Sheng-I Chen, Chia-Yuan Wu, Yu-Hsuan Wu, Min-Wei Hsieh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-01-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/6340.pdf