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Influenza Risk Factors
Study findings on influenza risk factors are outlined in reports from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
March 17th, 2009
Investigators publish new data in the report 'A Bayesian model for evaluating influenza antiviral efficacy in household studies with asymptomatic infections.' According to recent research from the United States, "Antiviral agents are an important component in mitigation/containment strategies for pandemic influenza. However, most research for mitigation/containment strategies relies on the antiviral efficacies evaluated from limited data of clinical trials." "Which efficacy measures can be reliably estimated from these studies depends on the trial design, the size of the epidemics, and the statistical methods. We propose a Bayesian framework for modeling the influenza...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-03-17)
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