Protective vaccine efficacy when vaccine response is random

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-42

  Becker, Niels G ^a   Utev, Sergey ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infectivity; Random vaccination response; Susceptibility; Vaccine efficacy

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

INFECTIVITY; RANDOM VACCINATION RESPONSE; STANDARD ERRORS; SUSCEPTIBILITY; UPPER BOUND; VACCINE EFFICACIES;

VACCINES;

EID: 0036002834     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4036(200201)44:1<29::AID-BIMJ29>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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