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. 2013 Jul 25;8(7):e68940. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068940

Figure 1. Modeling a vaccine with increased efficacy against drug-resistance determinants for an endemic colonizing pathogen (S. pneumoniae).

Figure 1

a, SIS model with a proportion Inline graphic of the population vaccinated and initially susceptible (Inline graphic) and Inline graphic unvaccinated and initially susceptible (Inline graphic), who can get infected with either the drug-sensitive strain (Inline graphic subscript), –resistant strain (Inline graphic subscript), or both (Inline graphic subscript) strains. Plots depict model state at equilibrium (all drug-resistant, all drug-sensitive, stable co-existence of both strains, or elimination of all strains) across a range of overall vaccine efficacy (Inline graphic) and additional vaccine efficacy against resistant strain (Inline graphic), where vaccine coverage is 80%. Plots show situation with no fitness cost (b) and with 8% fitness cost (c). Color scheme throughout the paper is as follows: uninfected (gray), sensitive (blue), resistant (red), co-infected with both strains/coexistence of both strains (purple). This model corresponds to Model E of Ref [11].