Performance of small cluster surveys and the clustered LQAS design to estimate local-level vaccination coverage in Mali

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Minetti, Andrea ^a   Riera Montes, Margarita ^a   Nackers, Fabienne ^a   Roederer, Thomas ^a   Koudika, Marie Hortense ^b   Sekkenes, Johanne ^b   Taconet, Aurore ^b   Fermon, Florence ^b   Touré, Albouhary ^c   Grais, Rebecca F ^a   Checchi, Francesco ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c Ministry of Health   (Mali)

Author keywords

Cluster sampling; Lot quality assurance sampling; LQAS; Mali; Meningitis; Survey; Vaccination coverage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALI; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84867290669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-9-6     Document Type: Review

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