Falciparum Malaria
New Findings from Bocconi University in the Area of Falciparum Malaria Described
Published in Vaccine Weekly, February 22nd, 2012
2012 FEB 22 -- In this recent study, researchers in Milan, Italy conducted a study "To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of introducing the RTS, S malaria vaccine into the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the contributions of different sources of uncertainty, and the associated expected value of perfect information (EVPI). Vaccination was simulated in populations of 100,000 people at 10 different entomological inoculation rates (EIRs), using an existing stochastic model and a 10-year time horizon."
"Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) and EVPI were computed from weighted averages of outputs using two different...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2012-02-22)
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