Estimation of effective vaccination rate: pertussis in New Zealand as a case study.

In some cases vaccination is unreliable. For example vaccination against pertussis has comparatively high level of primary and secondary failures. To evaluate efficiency of vaccination we introduce the idea of effective vaccination rate and suggest an approach to estimate it. We consider pertussis i...

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Main Authors: Korobeinikov, A, Maini, P, Walker, W
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003