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Table 3 Summary of Sources for Model Parameters

From: Herd immunity alters the conditions for performing dose schedule comparisons: an individual-based model of pneumococcal carriage

Parameter

Source (country of origin)

Age-assortative polymod mixing matrix

Mossong et al. [12] (Netherlands)

Pre-vaccine serotype-specific carriage

Croucher et al. [14] (USA)

PCV introduction schedule

McLaughlin et al. [16] (USA)

Vaccine efficacy

• Main study: efficacy data from Dagan et al. [17] (Israel)

• Supplemental figures: immunogenicity data from Goldblatt et al. [8, 20] (United Kingdom)