Evaluación de nuevas vacunas para los países en desarrollo. ¿Eficacia o efectividad?

J Clemens1, R Brenner, M Rao

  • 1Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

JAMA
|February 7, 1996
PubMed
Resumen

Los ensayos de eficacia de las vacunas ofrecen un enfoque pragmático para evaluar nuevas vacunas en entornos reales de salud pública. Estos ensayos proporcionan datos de costo-beneficio más claros, acelerando la adopción de vacunas en los países en desarrollo.

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