Measuring the performance of vaccination programs using cross-sectional surveys: A likelihood framework and retrospective analysis

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Lessler, Justin ^a   Metcalf, C Jessica E ^b   Grais, Rebecca F ^c,d   Luquero, Francisco J ^c   Cummings, Derek A T ^a   Grenfell, Bryan T ^e,f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c EPICENTRE   (France)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

AFRICA; AGE SPECIFIC CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; GHANA; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MADAGASCAR; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIERRA LEONE; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; STATISTICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GHANA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; MEASLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIERRA LEONE; VACCINATION;

EID: 80055058328     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001110     Document Type: Article

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