Epidemic branching processes with and without vaccination

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2006-04-27

arxiv.org/abs/math/0604607v1

5. Rao, Arni S.R. Srinivasa and C.T. Bauch (2008). Classical Galton-Watson Branching Process and Vaccination. International Jo

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Here we treat the transmission of disease through a population as a standard Galton-Watson branching process, modified to take the presence of vaccination into account. Vaccination reduces the number of secondary infections produced per infected individual. We show that introducing vaccination in a population therefore reduces the expected time to extinction of the infection. We also prove results relating the distribution of number of secondery infections with and without vaccinations.

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