Modelling the effects of population structure on childhood disease: the case of varicella.

Realistic, individual-based models based on detailed census data are increasingly used to study disease transmission. Whether the rich structure of such models improves predictions is debated. This is studied here for the spread of varicella, a childhood disease, in a realistic population of childre...

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Main Authors: Romain Silhol, Pierre-Yves Boëlle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-07-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21814504/?tool=EBI

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