The basic reproduction number, R nought (R 0), is defined as the average number of
secondary cases of an infectious disease arising from a typical case in a totally susceptible …

Tremendous progress has been made globally to reduce the contribution of measles to the
burden of childhood deaths and measles cases have dramatically decreased with increased …

Analysis of immunization information systems data from 10 US jurisdictions indicated a
substantial decrease in administered vaccine doses during March–May 2020 compared with …

In the late stages of an epidemic, infections are often sporadic and geographically
distributed. Spatially structured stochastic models can capture these important features of …

For many infectious disease processes such as emerging zoonoses and vaccine-
preventable diseases, and infections occur as self-limited stuttering transmission chains. A …

In addition to the tremendous loss of life due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the
pandemic created challenges for the energy system, as strict confinement measures such as …

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) represents a serious threat to the health
of hospitalized patients. Attempts to reduce the spread of MRSA have largely depended on …

The COVID-19 epidemic was reported in the Hubei province in China in December 2019
and then spread around the world reaching the pandemic stage at the beginning of March …

The theory of disease transmission provides a consistent framework within which to design,
evaluate, and monitor measles elimination programs. Elimination of measles requires …

发达国家采用高接种率的2 针常规免疫或2 针常规免疫辅以初始强化免疫和后续免疫,
使麻疹得以控制并进入消除阶段. 中国人口多, 密度大, 政府投入难于满足1~ 14 岁儿童在1 …