Table 3 Examples of distributions describing vaccine response in order of increasing heterogeneity.
Vaccine | Description |
|---|---|
leaky | Vaccination gives everyone the same level of partial protection. |
leaky-or-nothing | Vaccination offers partial protection to some people but no protection to others, as described by Halloran et al [27]. |
beta | Vaccination offers a variable level of protection to all vaccinees. The effect of vaccination follows a beta distribution as described by Maire et al [21]. |
all-or-nothing | Vaccination offers full protection to some people but no protection to others. |