Adaptive Vaccination Strategies to Mitigate Pandemic Influenza: Mexico as a Case Study
PLoS ONEPublished 2 December 2009Open access
Gerardo Chowell, Cécile Viboud, Xiaohong Wang, Stefano Bertozzi, Mark A. Miller
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Overall the adaptive vaccination strategy outperformed the seasonal influenza vaccination allocation strategy for a wide range of disease and vaccine coverage parameters.
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This modeling approach could inform policies for Mexico and other countries with similar demographic features and vaccine resources issues, with regard to the mitigation of the S-OIV pandemic. We also discuss logistical issues associated with the implementation of adaptive vaccination strategies in the context of past and future influenza pandemics.
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