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Quantifying the impact of social groups and vaccination on inequalities in infectious diseases using a mathematical model.
Munday, James D van Hoek, Albert Jan Edmunds, W John Atkins, Katherine E
Munday, James D
van Hoek, Albert Jan
Edmunds, W John
Atkins, Katherine E
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2018-09-26
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Quantifying the impact of social groups and vaccination on inequalities in infectious diseases using a mathematical model.
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BMC Med 2018; 16(1):162
Abstract
Social and cultural disparities in infectious disease burden are caused by systematic differences between communities. Some differences have a direct and proportional impact on disease burden, such as health-seeking behaviour and severity of infection. Other differences-such as contact rates and susceptibility-affect the risk of transmission, where the impact on disease burden is indirect and remains unclear. Furthermore, the concomitant impact of vaccination on such inequalities is not well understood.