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Novel Ordered Stepped-Wedge Cluster Trial Designs for Detecting Ebola Vaccine Efficacy Using a Spatially Structured Mathematical Model

BACKGROUND: During the 2014 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, policy-makers were confronted with difficult decisions on how best to test the efficacy of EVD vaccines. On one hand, many were reluctant to withhold a vaccine that might prevent a fatal disease from study participants randomized to a c...

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Autores principales: Diakite, Ibrahim, Mooring, Eric Q., Velásquez, Gustavo E., Murray, Megan B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4979980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27509037
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004866