Relationship among epidemiological parameters of six childhood infections in a non-immunized Brazilian community

Relationship among epidemiological parameters of six childhood infections in a non-immunized Brazilian community

Epidemiological parameters, such as age-dependent force of infection and average age at infection (<IMG SRC="../img/13s1.gif" WIDTH=9 HEIGHT=12>) were estimated for rubella, varicella, rotavirus A, respiratory syncytial virus, hepatitis A and parvovirus B19 infections for a non-immun...

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Main Authors: Marcos Amaku, Raymundo Soares Azevedo, Ruy Morgado de Castro, Eduardo Massad, Francisco Antonio Bezerra Coutinho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2009-09-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
seroprevalence
viral diseases
epidemiology
average age
force of infection
Monte Carlo method
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