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The potential impact of the demographic transition in the Senegal-Gambia region of sub-Saharan Africa on the burden of infectious disease and its potential synergies with control programmes: the case of hepatitis B

BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to suffer high communicable disease burdens as its demographic transition (DT) proceeds. Although the consequent changes in population structures influence age-specific contact patterns relevant for transmission, the age distribution of immunity, and th...

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Autores principales: Williams, John R., Manfredi, Piero, Melegaro, Alessia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6058373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30041645
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-018-1100-0