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Background: Low vaccine uptake results in regular outbreaks of severe diseases, such as measles. Selective mandates, e.g. making measles vaccination mandatory (as currently implemented in Germany), could offer a viable solution to the problem.
Philipp Sprengholz, Cornelia Betsch
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A benefit–cost analysis of different response scenarios to COVID‐19: A case study
Background This paper compares the direct benefits to the State of Western Australia from employing a “suppression” policy response to the COVID‐19 pandemic rather than a “herd immunity” approach.
David C. Cook +2 more
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Herd immunity in COVID-19: Needs de-emphasizing
Despite the evolving science on Covid-19 pointing to the contrary, the concept of Herd immunity continues to influence decision making in this pandemic.
Sunil Kumar Raina, Raman Kumar
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Cost-effectiveness of a potential Zika vaccine candidate: a case study for Colombia [PDF]
Background: A number of Zika vaccine platforms are currently being investigated, some of which have entered clinical trials. We sought to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a potential Zika vaccine candidate under the WHO Vaccine Target Product Profile ...
Moghadas, Seyed +2 more
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Post COVID-19 vaccine development, nations are now getting ready to face another challenge: how to effectively distribute vaccines amongst the masses to quickly achieve herd immunity against the infection.
Priyank Sinha +2 more
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CRISPR-based herd immunity can limit phage epidemics in bacterial populations
Herd immunity, a process in which resistant individuals limit the spread of a pathogen among susceptible hosts has been extensively studied in eukaryotes.
Pavel Payne +3 more
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Although vaccination is carried out worldwide, the vaccination rate varies greatly. As of 24 May 2021, in some countries, the proportion of the population fully vaccinated against COVID-19 has exceeded 50%, but in many countries, this proportion is still
Yi-Tui Chen
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Optimal vaccination in a stochastic epidemic model of two non-interacting populations [PDF]
Developing robust, quantitative methods to optimize resource allocations in response to epidemics has the potential to save lives and minimize health care costs. In this paper, we develop and apply a computationally efficient algorithm that enables us to
Alderson, David L. +3 more
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The Effect of Social Distancing on the Reach of an Epidemic in Social Networks
How does social distancing affect the reach of an epidemic in social networks? We present Monte Carlo simulation results of a capacity constrained Susceptible-Infected-Removed (SIR) model.
Gutin, Gregory +4 more
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Heterogeneity and herd immunity In response to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), some politicians have been keen to exploit the idea of achieving herd immunity.
T. Britton, F. Ball, Pieter Trapman
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