Estimation of individual and population vaccination effectiveness from time-to-event data.
Longini and Halloran and Halloran et al. recently developed a method for estimation of parameters related to the efficacy of a vaccine and to the transmission of an infectious disease from time-to-event (disease or infection) data. This work uses their method to evaluate the individual and population effectiveness of a vaccination programme (Haber et al.). Data from an outbreak of measles in Chad illustrates the new methods.
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Department of Biostatistics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
Ndikuyeze
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D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008457:Measles / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D015233:Models, Statistical; D014611:Vaccination