Table 1. Vaccine biological effects.
Outcome | Measured effect at the individual level |
SE (susceptibility effect: efficacy of reducing worm accumulation) | % reduction in worm accumulation |
FE (fecundity effect: efficacy of reducing eggs released to environment) | % reduction in worm fecundity |
ME (mortality effect: efficacy of increasing worms’ in vivo mortality) | % increase in worm mortality |
D (durability) | The mean duration in years of the vaccine effect represented by the efficacies. |
Individual level efficacies of potential schistosomiasis vaccines, as could be measured in Phase 3 vaccine randomized controlled trials.