The role of vaccine coverage within social networks in cholera vaccine efficacy.

Traditional vaccine trial methods have an underlying assumption that the effect of a vaccine is the same throughout the trial area. There are, however, many spatial and behavioral factors that alter the rates of contact among infectious and susceptible individuals and result in different efficacies...

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Main Authors: Elisabeth D Root, Sophia Giebultowicz, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Yunus, Michael Emch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3146533?pdf=render