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. 2013 Apr;54(2):135–145. doi: 10.3325/cmj.2013.54.135

Table 5.

A review of effectiveness estimates for live vaccines

Author (year of publication) Study design Type of vaccine Control Age of study population Overall vaccine effectiveness Lower confidence interval limit Upper confidence interval limit
Alexandrova (1986)
RCT
Live
Placebo
3-15 years
0.55
0.51
0.60
Khan (1996)
RCT
Live
Placebo
9-12 years
0.47
0.35
0.61
Rudenko (1993)
RCT
Live
Placebo
7-14 years
Year 1: 0.48
Year 2: 0.41
0.22
0.14
0.58
0.54
Rudenko (1996)
RCT
Live
No intervention
3-15 years
Year 1: 0.36
Year 2: 0.48
0.33
0.45
0.39
0.50
Gaglani (2004)
Cohort study
Live
No intervention
1.5-18 years
Year 1: 0.22
Year 2: 0.21
0.11
0.10
0.32
0.31
Halloran (2003)
Cohort study
Live
No intervention
1.5-18 years
0.18
0.11
0.24
Piedra (2005)
Cohort study
Live
Placebo
1.5-5 years
0.07
0.05
0.09
Piedra (2007) Cohort study Live No intervention 5-18 years 0.42 0.35 0.50