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

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

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

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

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

⁵BioMedical Data Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Toronto, Canada