E Miller, NJ Andrews, PA Waight… - The Lancet infectious …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov BACKGROUND: The seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) has reduced vaccine-type (VT) invasive pneumococcal disease but increases in non-vaccine-type (NVT) disease have varied between countries. We assess the effect of the PCV7 vaccination on VT and ... All 3 versions
M Brisson, N van de Velde… - Journal of Infectious …, 2011 - jid.oxfordjournals.org Our aim was to examine the potential incremental impact of vaccinating boys against human papillomavirus (HPV) on vaccine-type infection in females and males, using an individual-based HPV transmission-dynamic model. Under base assumptions (vaccine efficacy = 99%, ... Related articles - All 2 versions
P Fine, K Eames… - Clinical infectious diseases, 2011 - cid.oxfordjournals.org The term “herd immunity” is widely used but carries a variety of meanings [1–7]. Some authors use it to describe the proportion immune among individuals in a population. Others use it with reference to a particular threshold proportion of immune individuals that should lead to a ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - All 5 versions
PO Lang - Geriatrie et psychologie neuropsychiatrie du …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov The irremediable ageing of the world population, the aged-related increasing in the prevalence of infectious diseases the fear of any influenza pandemic rife have recently led the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) et the International Association of Geriatric ... All 3 versions
EH Elbasha - Medical Decision Making, 2011 - mdm.sagepub.com In a recent article, Plans 1 proposed a new indicator to assess whether a community establishes herd immunity based on serological surveys. The threshold formula for disease elimination used by Plans is well‐known in the literature. 2 In a homogeneously mixing population, ... Related articles - All 2 versions