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
Abstract
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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.
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