Description of selected mathematical modeling studies.

Abstract

<p><i>S</i> susceptibles compartment; force of infection; reactivation rate; <i>HZ</i> herpes zoster; <i>PDE</i> partial differential equations; <i>WAIFW</i> who-acquires-infection-from-whom; <i>CP</i> chickenpox; <i>R</i> CP recovered compartment; <i>S_boost</i> susceptible to boosting compartment; <i>ODE</i> ordinary differential equations.</p>*<p>H = High: the quality of methods used in this paper permits the results, within the scope of the study design, to be interpreted with at the most a few remarks. M = Medium: the quality of methods used in this paper permits the results, within the scope of the study design, to be interpreted, but with some caution. L = Low: the quality of methods used in this paper urges the reader to interpret the results, even within the scope of the study design, with sufficient caution.</p><p>£See <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0066485#pone.0066485.s002" target="_blank">Table S2</a>.</p>**<p>The ‘B’ statement expresses whether the study supported the existence of exogenous boosting (‘+) or not (‘−’).</p