Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Academic Profile

Publications

The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) of Diarrheal Disease in Infants and Young Children in Developing Countries: Epidemiologic and Clinical Methods of the Case/Control Study

Karen L. Kotloff , William C. Blackwelder , Dilruba Nasrin +19 more

When completed, GEMS will provide estimates of the incidence, etiology, and outcomes of MSD among infants and young children in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This informati...

2012 Clinical Infectious Diseases 369 citations

Magnitude of Potential Biases in a Simulated Case-Control Study of the Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccination

Jill M. Ferdinands , David K. Shay

We found an average difference between observed and true vaccine effectiveness of -11.9%. Observed vaccine effectiveness underestimated the true effectiveness in 88% of model it...

2011 Clinical Infectious Diseases 36 citations

Affiliated Researchers

Jill M. Ferdinands

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

David K. Shay

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Institution Info

Type: government
Country: KE
Publications: 2
Citations: 405

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