Seven challenges in modeling vaccine preventable diseases

C.J.E. Metcalf; V. Andreasen; O.N. Bjørnstad; K. Eames; W.J. Edmunds; S. Funk; T.D. Hollingsworth; J. Lessler; C. Viboud; B.T. Grenfell

doi:10.1016/j.epidem.2014.08.004

Epidemics (Mar 2015)

Seven challenges in modeling vaccine preventable diseases

C.J.E. Metcalf,
V. Andreasen,
O.N. Bjørnstad,
K. Eames,
W.J. Edmunds,
S. Funk,
T.D. Hollingsworth,
J. Lessler,
C. Viboud,
B.T. Grenfell

Affiliations

C.J.E. Metcalf: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
V. Andreasen: Department of Science, Systems and Models, Universitetsvej 1, 27.1, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
O.N. Bjørnstad: Centre for Infectious Disease Dynamics, the Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
K. Eames: Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
W.J. Edmunds: Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
S. Funk: Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
T.D. Hollingsworth: Warwick Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
J. Lessler: Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
C. Viboud: Division of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
B.T. Grenfell: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2014.08.004
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. C
pp. 11 – 15

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Vaccination has been one of the most successful public health measures since the introduction of basic sanitation. Substantial mortality and morbidity reductions have been achieved via vaccination against many infections, and the list of diseases that are potentially controllable by vaccines is growing steadily. We introduce key challenges for modeling in shaping our understanding and guiding policy decisions related to vaccine preventable diseases.

Published in Epidemics

ISSN: 1755-4365 (Print); 1878-0067 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/epidemics/

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