title: Vaccination in pulses: a strategy for global eradication of measles and polio?
abstract: Recent American successes against poliomyelitis and measles have been attributed to repeated 'pulse' vaccination campaigns. Whilst logistic and economic constraints will be crucial, a deeper epidemiological understanding of the mechanism, strengths and weaknesses of pulse vaccination will optimize the chances of success elsewhere in the world.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. jk@dna.bio.warwick.ac.uk
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Nokes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Swinton
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003906:Developing Countries; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014611:Vaccination / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*