Development of Pathogenicity‐Driven Definitions of Outcomes for a Field Trial of a Killed Oral Vaccine against EnterotoxigenicEscherichia coliin Egypt: Application of an Evidence‐Based Method
Author(s) -
John D. Clemens,
Stephen J. Savarino,
Remon AbuElyazeed,
Mohammad Safwat,
Malla Rao,
Thomas F. Wierzba,
A.M. Svennerholm,
Jan Holmgren,
Robert W. Frenck,
Eunsik Park,
Abdollah Naficy
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/386288
Subject(s) - enterotoxigenic escherichia coli , diarrhea , medicine , feces , excretion , odds ratio , bloody diarrhea , vaccination , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , enterotoxin , biology , escherichia coli , biochemistry , gene
To design an efficacy trial of a killed oral vaccine against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) diarrhea in Egyptian children, we derived for ETEC diarrhea an empirical definition that increased the probability that diarrhea associated with excretion of ETEC was caused by the detected ETEC.
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