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. 2018 Aug 7;15(8):e1002632.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002632. eCollection 2018 Aug.

Choices in vaccine trial design in epidemics of emerging infections

Rebecca Kahn  1 , Annette Rid  2 , Peter G Smith  3 , Nir Eyal  4 , Marc Lipsitch  1   5
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Choices in vaccine trial design in epidemics of emerging infections

Rebecca Kahn et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

In a Policy Forum, Marc Lipsitch and colleagues discuss trial design issues in infectious disease outbreaks.

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Conflict of interest statement

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: ML has received consulting fees/honoraria from Pfizer, Merck, Affinivax, and Antigen Discovery and research grants from Pfizer and PATH Vaccine Solutions.

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