Effect of population heterogeneity on herd immunity and on vaccination decision making process

DOI10.1016/j.jtbi.2021.110795zbMath1467.92118OpenAlexW3171276607MaRDI QIDQ2041331

Fan Bai

Publication date: 16 July 2021

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2021.110795

zbMATH Keywords

game theoryepidemiologypopulation heterogeneityherd immunityoptimal vaccination strategy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Medical epidemiology (92C60)

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