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Snowball Sampling Study Design for Serosurveys Early in Disease Outbreaks
Kennedy-Shaffer L, Qiu X, Hanage W. Snowball Sampling Study Design for Serosurveys Early in Disease Outbreaks. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2021, 190: 1918-1927. PMID: 33831177, PMCID: PMC8083564, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwab098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStatistical Properties of Stepped Wedge Cluster-Randomized Trials in Infectious Disease Outbreaks
Kennedy-Shaffer L, Lipsitch M. Statistical Properties of Stepped Wedge Cluster-Randomized Trials in Infectious Disease Outbreaks. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2020, 189: 1324-1332. PMID: 32648891, PMCID: PMC7604531, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaa141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWedge trialsParallel-arm cluster-randomized trialsStepped wedge cluster randomized trialStatistical propertiesCluster randomized trialStatistical disadvantageStepped wedge trialIndividual randomizationInfectious disease outbreaksCluster randomized designEvaluation of interventionsEvaluate various designsTrial designDetect intervention effectsWedge designRandomized controlled trialsIntervention effectsEffect estimatesControlled trialsParallel-armEpidemic settingsLogistical factorsAdequate powerInfectious disease incidenceRandomized trials
2020
Potential Biases Arising From Epidemic Dynamics in Observational Seroprotection Studies
Kahn R, Kennedy-Shaffer L, Grad Y, Robins J, Lipsitch M. Potential Biases Arising From Epidemic Dynamics in Observational Seroprotection Studies. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2020, 190: 328-335. PMID: 32870977, PMCID: PMC7499481, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaa188.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiasComputer SimulationCOVID-19COVID-19 Serological TestingHumansObservational Studies as TopicSARS-CoV-2Seroepidemiologic Studies