Epidemic Dynamics and Adaptive Vaccination Strategy: Renewal Equation Approach.

We use analytical methods to investigate a continuous vaccination strategy's effects on the infectious disease dynamics in a closed population and a demographically open population. The methodology and key assumptions are based on Breda et al. (J Biol Dyn 6(Sup2):103-117, 2012).

[Prevalence of major depression in the arthritic conditions of Canadian populations: a comparative study between English-speaking majority and francophones in minority communities].

Objective: Mental health and arthritis have been recognized as major public health issues. Francophone minority status has now been acknowledged as a health determinant. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of major depression among adults with arthritis in Francophone minority populations compared to the Anglophone majority.