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Impact of hepatitis B immunization strategies on infection rates in Italy: a deterministic computer simulation
European Journal of Epidemiology
|March 1, 1987
Abstract:
The impact of different immunization strategies on hepatitis B infection rates in Italy over a 20 year period is simulated by the means of a simple deterministic mathematical model. The anticipated effect of vaccination of health workers only, of newborns from HBsAg+ mothers, of all newborns, of the entire population are simulated. Immunization of newborns from HBsAg+ mothers is by far the strategy with the greater effectiveness per unit cost.
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