From herd immunity and complacency to group panic: How vaccine scares unfold

Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 16:00 in Health & Medicine

Worries over vaccine risks can allow preventable contagious diseases, such as measles and whooping cough, to make a comeback. A new study, published in PLoS Computational Biology, shows how to predict ways in which population vaccinating behavior might unfold during a vaccine scare.

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