Logistics of community smallpox control through contact tracing and ring vaccination: a stochastic network model

• Main Authors: Portnoy Diane L (Author), Fernyak Susan E (Author), Holbrook Karen A (Author), Porco Travis C (Author), Reiter Randy (Author), Aragón Tomás J (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2004-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Previous smallpox ring vaccination models based on contact tracing over a network suggest that ring vaccination would be effective, but have not explicitly included response logistics and limited numbers of vaccinators.</p> <...