On the controversy about the efficacy of the antimeningococcal B vaccine: methodological pitfalls

The present communication analyses methodological problems related to evaluating the protection given by the antimeningococcal B vaccine to children under four years of age in a case-control study carried out in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Detection of a hospital selection bias, among other disturbing featur...

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Main Author: Costa Eduardo de A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 1995-01-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X1995000200018