Journal article
Quantifying child mortality reductions related to measles vaccination
JD Goldhaber-Fiebert, M Lipsitch, A Mahal, AM Zaslavsky, JA Salomon
Plos One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2010
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Abstract
Background: This study characterizes the historical relationship between coverage of measles containing vaccines (MCV) and mortality in children under 5 years, with a view toward ongoing global efforts to reduce child mortality. Methodology/Principal Findings: Using country-level, longitudinal panel data, from 44 countries over the period 1960-2005, we analyzed the relationship between MCV coverage and measles mortality with (1) logistic regressions for no measles deaths in a country-year, and (2) linear regressions for the logarithm of the measles death rate. All regressions allowed a flexible, non-linear relationship between coverage and mortality. Covariates included birth rate, death rat..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The research was supported in part by a training grant in the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and Biodefense from the United States' National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease administered via the Harvard School of Public Health made to Dr. Goldhaber-Fiebert during the final year of his doctoral dissertation. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.