The public health value of vaccines beyond efficacy: methods, measures and outcomes
Abstract Background Assessments of vaccine efficacy and safety capture only the minimum information needed for regulatory approval, rather than the full public health value of vaccines. Vaccine efficacy provides a measure of proportionate disease reduction, is usually limited to etiologically confir...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-07-01
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| Series: | BMC Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-017-0911-8 |