Estimating the Duration of Pertussis Immunity Using Epidemiological Signatures

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Summary

A simple mathematical model is analyzed, exploring specifically the inter-epidemic period and fade-out frequency and finds it supports a period of natural immunity that is, on average, long-lasting (at least 30 years) but inherently variable.

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Published
2009-10-01
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Keywords

Immunity, Vaccination, Epidemiology, Incidence (geometry), Immunization

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