Pertussis vaccine effectiveness in Ontario: a test-negative case-control study

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When: Tuesday, December 9, 2014 from 12 – 1 p.m.

Where: ICES, G-Wing, Conference Centre (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)

Who: Dr. Kevin Schwartz, MD, FRCPC, DTM&H; pediatric infectious disease physician; resident in clinician investigator program; MSc student in clinical epidemiology IHPME, University of Toronto.

Topic: Pertussis vaccine effectiveness in Ontario: a test-negative case-control study

Learning objectives:

1. To appreciate the rationale for studying pertussis vaccine effectiveness in Ontario
2. To review the proposed test-negative design methodology for studying pertussis vaccine effectiveness