The benefits of combining early aspecific vaccination with later specific vaccination

Lotty Evertje Duijzer, Willem van Jaarsveld and Rommert Dekker

European Journal of Operational Research, 2018, vol. 271, issue 2, 606-619

Abstract: Timing is of crucial importance for successful vaccination. To avoid a large outbreak, vaccines should be administered as quickly as possible. However, during early stages of an outbreak the information on the disease is limited and delaying the intervention enables the design of a more tailored vaccination strategy. In this paper, we study the resulting trade-off between vaccination timing and an effective response strategy.

Keywords: OR in health services; Optimization; Vaccination; Mathematical modeling; Infectious diseases (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2018.05.054

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