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. 1986 Jun;96(3):459–466. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400066249

Impact of population density on immunization programmes.

I Arita, J Wickett, F Fenner
PMCID: PMC2129696  PMID: 3734432

Abstract

The eradication of smallpox was achieved by surveillance and containment vaccination after the failure of mass immunization campaigns. The reasons for this failure are considered in this paper. Comparison of population densities in the Indian subcontinent and Africa show that in highly populated areas even an 80% vaccine coverage will still leave a density of susceptibles high enough to maintain the disease, a finding with important implications for other vaccine campaigns.

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