Vaccine testing: Ebola and beyond

Nir Eyal; M. Elizabeth Halloran; Miguel A Hernán; Ira M Longini; Eli N Perencevich; Rebecca F Grais; Marc Lipsitch

doi:10.1126/science.aaa3178

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Vaccine testing: Ebola and beyond

Nir Eyal, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Miguel A Hernán, Ira M Longini, Eli N Perencevich, Rebecca F Grais and Marc Lipsitch

Science, Vol.348(6230), pp.46-47

2015

DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa3178

PMID: 25838371

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Abstract

Many epidemic-prone infectious diseases present challenges that the current West African Ebola outbreak brings into sharp relief. Specifically, the urgency to evaluate vaccines, initially limited vaccine supplies, and large and unpredictable spatial and temporal fluctuations in incidence have presented huge logistical, ethical, and statistical challenges to trial design.

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Title: Subtitle: Vaccine testing: Ebola and beyond
Creators: Nir Eyal
M. Elizabeth Halloran
Miguel A Hernán
Ira M Longini
Eli N Perencevich
Rebecca F Grais
Marc Lipsitch
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Science, Vol.348(6230), pp.46-47
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa3178
PMID: 25838371
NLM abbreviation: Science
ISSN: 1095-9203
eISSN: 1095-9203
Grant note: DOI: 10.13039/100000057, name: National Institute of General Medical Sciences, award: U54GM088558, U54GM111274
Language: English
Date published: 2015
Academic Unit: Epidemiology; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9983779287902771

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