The potential impact of the demographic transition in the Senegal-Gambia region of sub-Saharan Africa on the burden of infectious disease and its potential synergies with control programmes: the case of hepatitis B
Abstract Background Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to suffer high communicable disease burdens as its demographic transition (DT) proceeds. Although the consequent changes in population structures influence age-specific contact patterns relevant for transmission, the age distribution of immunity...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-07-01
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Series: | BMC Medicine |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1100-0 |