Optimal Control Model for Vaccination Against H1N1 Flu

H1N1 2009 pandemic flu vaccination campaign: The Homeless lesson

Homeless are deprived people of developed countries that have a particularly low vaccine coverage and are exposed to vaccine preventable infectious diseases. We report here the efficiency of a voluntary based one-day snapshot influenza vaccination in homeless shelter of Marseille, France, which allowed to obtain a 46.9% H1N1 pandemic vaccine coverage while at the same time only 6% of the French...

Supplementary Information for Paradox of vaccination: Is vaccination really effective against avian flu epidemics?

HIV false positive results and Flu vaccination

Abstract False positive results are the major problem influencing interpretation of Clinical Laboratory test. They are originated mostly in the other diseases, technical errors and the recent vaccination. The problem has been presented since 1991 is positive HIV test after influenza Vaccination (1). The False positive has been reported in Cases using Eliza, one of The most common test to screen...

The quest for a H1N1 flu vaccine.

Vaccination Strategy and Optimal Control for Seasonal and H1N1 Influenza Outbreak

During the spring of 2009, a novel H1N1 influenza virus posed a serious threat worldwide. However, seasonal influenza is still a public health concern since each year in the United States it kills 36,000 people, causes more than 200,000 hospitalizations, and infects up to 20% of the population. In this paper, we explore what could happen if both a seasonal influenza and H1N1 outbreak were to co...