Persistence in Epidemic Metapopulations: Quantifying the Rescue Effects for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Whooping Cough

• C. Jessica E. Metcalf ,

  * E-mail: charlotte.metcalf@zoo.ox.ac.uk

  Affiliations Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Fogarty International Center; National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Katie Hampson,

  Affiliations Fogarty International Center; National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Andrew J. Tatem,

  Affiliations Fogarty International Center; National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

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• Bryan T. Grenfell,

  Affiliations Fogarty International Center; National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Ottar N. Bjørnstad

  Affiliations Fogarty International Center; National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Centre for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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