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  • Epidemiology
  • Biostatistics
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Intermittent interventions like malaria chemoprevention and vaccine boosters require optimal dosing intervals for maximum efficacy.
  • Existing models may not fully capture the time-varying effects of these interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a statistical method for estimating the optimal interval between doses for intermittent interventions.
  • To provide a practical guideline for selecting optimal dosing intervals in infectious disease control.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a flexible exponential-like function to model time-varying intervention effects within the Andersen-Gill model framework.
  • Employed partial likelihood estimation for parameter estimation.
  • Conducted extensive simulations to validate the proposed method's performance.

Main Results:

  • The proposed method effectively estimates optimal dosing intervals.
  • A straightforward guideline for choosing optimal intervals was developed.
  • The methodology demonstrated utility in analyzing malaria chemoprevention trial data.

Conclusions:

  • The developed statistical approach offers a robust way to determine optimal dosing intervals for intermittent public health interventions.
  • The proposed guideline can aid in optimizing the delivery of interventions like malaria chemoprevention and vaccine boosters.
  • This research contributes to more effective infectious disease control strategies.