Safety Surveillance of Pneumococcal Vaccine Using Three Algorithms: Disproportionality Methods, Empirical Bayes Geometric Mean, and Tree-Based Scan Statistic

<i>Introduction:</i> Diverse algorithms for signal detection exist. However, inconsistent results are often encountered among the algorithms due to different levels of specificity used in defining the adverse events (AEs) and signal threshold. We aimed to explore potential safety signals...

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Main Authors: Hyesung Lee, Ju Hwan Kim, Young June Choe, Ju-Young Shin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:Vaccines
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/8/2/242