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Vaccinating to Protect a Vulnerable Subpopulation

BACKGROUND: Epidemic influenza causes serious mortality and morbidity in temperate countries each winter. Research suggests that schoolchildren are critical in the spread of influenza virus, while the elderly and the very young are most vulnerable to the disease. Under these conditions, it is unclea...

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Autores principales: Dushoff, Jonathan, Plotkin, Joshua B, Viboud, Cecile, Simonsen, Lone, Miller, Mark, Loeb, Mark, Earn, David J. D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1872043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17518515
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040174