Prioritization of delayed vaccination for pandemic influenza

• Published in: Mathematical biosciences and engineering : MBE Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 95 - 112
• Main Author: Shim, Eunha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States AIMS Press 01.01.2011
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Child; Child, Preschool; delay; h1n1; Health Priorities; Humans; influenza; Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype - immunology; Influenza Vaccines - administration & dosage; Influenza Vaccines - immunology; Influenza, Human - immunology; Influenza, Human - prevention & control; Influenza, Human - transmission; Influenza, Human - virology; Middle Aged; Models, Immunological; Models, Statistical; optimal; pandemic; Pandemics - prevention & control; vaccination; Young Adult

Limited production capacity and delays in vaccine development are major obstacles to vaccination programs that are designed to mitigate a pandemic influenza. In order to evaluate and compare the impact of various vaccination strategies during a pandemic influenza, we developed an age/risk-structured...