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IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information 2000 17(2):137-146; doi:10.1093/imamci/17.2.137
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Estimating vaccine coverage by using computer algebra

DORIS ALTMANN{dagger} and KLAUS ALTMANN{ddagger}

Robert Koch Institu Stresemannstr. 90–102, D-10963 Berlin, Germany
Institut für Mathematik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Rudower Chaussee 25, D-10099 Berlin, Germany

{dagger}Email: altmannd{at}rki.de

{ddagger}Email: altmann{at}mathematik.hu-berlin.de

The approach of N Gay for estimating the coverage of a multivalent vaccine from antibody prevalence data in certain age cohorts is complemented by using computer aided elimination theory of variables. Hereby, Gay's usage of numerical approximation can be replaced by exact formulae which are surprisingly nice, too.

Keywords: multivalent vaccine; coverage rate; antibody prevalence; hyperdeterminants.


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