A Hierarchical Bayesian Model To Predict The Duration Of Immunity Against Hib

Abstract

this paper we describe the data and introduce a model for the decline of the antibody concentration. The main results are presented in section 3 where we also discuss the fit of the model and the model choice. The paper concludes with a discussion in section 4. 2. The data and the model 2.1. The data The data in this study comprise sequential antibody measurements in a cohort of 110 children who participated in a vaccine efficacy trial in Finland in 1974 (Peltola et al.