BMC Infectious Diseases

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Cohort effects in dynamic models and their impact on vaccination programmes: an example from Hepatitis A

Arni SR Srinivasa Rao1, Maggie H Chen2, Ba' Z Pham5, Andrea C Tricco5, Vladimir Gilca4, Bernard Duval4, Murray D Krahn3 and Chris T Bauch1*

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

2 Toronto General Hospital and University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

3 Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto and University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

4 Institut national de santé publique Québec, Québec City, Canada, and Research Centre, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec, Québec City, Canada

5 BioMedical Data Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Toronto, Canada

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BMC Infectious Diseases 2006, 6:174 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-6-174

Published: 5 December 2006

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Model Equations. This file defines the model equations, parameters and variables.

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Parameter Estimation. This file describes the model parameterization.

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Uncertainty Analysis. This file describes the methods of uncertainty analysis.

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