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标题：Modeling vaccination campaigns and the Fall/Winter 2009 activity of the new A(H1N1) influenza in the Northern Hemisphere
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作者：Paolo Bajardi ; Chiara Poletto ; Duygu Balcan 等
期刊名称：Emerging Health Threats Journal
印刷版ISSN：1752-8550
出版年度：2009
卷号：2
期号：0
DOI：10.3402/ehtj.v2i0.7093
语种：English
出版社：Emerging Health Threats Journal
摘要：The unfolding of pandemic influenza A(H1N1) for Fall 2009 in the Northern Hemisphere is still uncertain. Plans for vaccination campaigns and vaccine trials are underway, with the first batches expected to be available early October. Several studies point to the possibility of an anticipated pandemic peak that could undermine the effectiveness of vaccination strategies. Here we use a structured global epidemic and mobility metapopulation model to assess the effectiveness of massive vaccination campaigns for the Fall/Winter 2009. Mitigation effects are explored depending on the interplay between the predicted pandemic evolution and the expected delivery of vaccines. The model is calibrated using recent estimates on the transmissibility of the new A(H1N1) influenza. Results show that if additional intervention strategies were not used to delay the time of pandemic peak, vaccination may not be able to considerably reduce the cumulative number of cases, even when the mass vaccination campaign is started as early as mid-October. Prioritized vaccination would be crucial in slowing down the pandemic evolution and reducing its burden.(Accepted:2 November 2009)Citation:Emerging Health Threats Journal 2009 2:e11 doi: 10.3134/ehtj.09.011