Measurement of vaccine-derived immunity: How do we use all the data?

Expert Review of Vaccines

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 747-749

  Lessler, Justin ^a   Metcalf, C Jessica E ^b   Grenfell, Bryan T ^c,d  

^a Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

infectious disease control; statistics; vaccine

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; VACCINATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONITORING, IMMUNOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84865433044     PISSN: 14760584     EISSN: 17448395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erv.12.47     Document Type: Editorial

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