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Bias due to differential and non-differential disease- and exposure misclassification in studies of vaccine effectiveness

BACKGROUND: Studies of vaccine effectiveness (VE) rely on accurate identification of vaccination and cases of vaccine-preventable disease. In practice, diagnostic tests, clinical case definitions and vaccination records often present inaccuracies, leading to biased VE estimates. Previous studies inv...

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Autores principales: De Smedt, Tom, Merrall, Elizabeth, Macina, Denis, Perez-Vilar, Silvia, Andrews, Nick, Bollaerts, Kaatje
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6003693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29906276
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199180