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The global impact and cost-effectiveness of a melioidosis vaccine

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Background Every year, 90,000 people may die from melioidosis. Vaccine candidates have not proceeded past animal studies, partly due to uncertainty around the potential market size. This study aims to estimate the potential impact, cost-effectiveness and market size for melioidosis vaccines.

Methods Age-structured decision tree models with country-specific inputs were used to estimate net costs and health benefits of vaccination, with health measure...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1186/s12916-019-1358-x

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0001-9189-7244
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Medical Sciences Division
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Springer Publisher's website
Journal:
BMC Medicine Journal website
Volume:
17
Article number:
129
Publication date:
2019-07-05
Acceptance date:
2019-06-04
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EISSN:
1741-7015
Language:
English
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pubs:1028311
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uuid:a822c995-5179-4208-a309-24e5d07e2580
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pubs:1028311
Source identifiers:
1028311
Deposit date:
2019-07-07

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