Seasonality and comparative dynamics of six childhood infections in pre-vaccination Copenhagen.

Seasonal variation in infection transmission is a key determinant of epidemic dynamics of acute infections. For measles, the best-understood strongly immunizing directly transmitted childhood infection, the perception is that term-time forcing is the main driver of seasonality in developed countries...

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Main Authors: Metcalf, C, Bjørnstad, O, Grenfell, B, Andreasen, V
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009