Overview of vaccine field studies: types of effects and designs

M E Halloran

doi:10.1080/10543400600719236

Overview of vaccine field studies: types of effects and designs

J Biopharm Stat. 2006;16(4):415-27. doi: 10.1080/10543400600719236.

Author

M E Halloran¹

Affiliation

¹ Program in Biostatistics and Biomathematics, Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. betz@u.washington.edu

PMID: 16892904
DOI: 10.1080/10543400600719236

Abstract

Vaccination produces many different types of effects in individuals and in populations. The scientific and public health questions of interest determine the choice of measures of effect and study designs. Here we review some of the various measures and study designs for evaluating different effects of vaccination.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / methods
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / statistics & numerical data
Research Design / statistics & numerical data
Vaccination / methods*
Vaccination / statistics & numerical data
Vaccines / adverse effects
Vaccines / therapeutic use*

Substances

Vaccines

Grants and funding

R01-AI32042/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States