01291nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653002600055653001100081653001700092653001200109653002300121100001500144700001500159700001400174700001600188700001800204700001300222245008700235856004100322300001000363490000700373520063100380022001401011       1985                            d  c1985 Sep10aEpidemiologic Methods10aHumans10aImmunization10aleprosy10aModels, Biological1 aLechat M F1 aMisson C B1 aLambert A1 aBouckaert A1 aVanderveken M1 aVellut C00aSimulation of vaccination and resistance in leprosy using an epidemiometric model.  uhttp://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v53n3a15.pdf  a461-70 v533 a<p>Epidemiometric models are useful in studying disease dynamics in populations. Such a model was developed for leprosy and proved useful, but did not take into account age- and sex-specific incidence rates. This paper presents a new version of the model which makes provisions for age and sex differential rates according to the type of leprosy and which includes more realistic parameters for death rates, population variations, and natural growth rates. This new version of the epidemiometric model was used to stimulate the effects of various vaccines and drug resistance on the incidence of leprosy in a population.</p>
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