Epidemiological Methods

Biao Wang; Mark Loeb

doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-7237-1_17

Epidemiological Methods

Methods Mol Biol. 2017:1656:263-271. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7237-1_17.

Authors

Biao Wang¹, Mark Loeb^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, MDCL 3200, 1280 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S 4K1.
² Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. loebm@mcmaster.ca.
³ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. loebm@mcmaster.ca.

PMID: 28808976
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7237-1_17

Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of the most common epidemiological designs used in clinical studies to better understand innate anti-viral immunity. Studies to assess risk factors as well as interventions are described.

Keywords: Case control study; Cohort study; Cross sectional study; Randomized controlled trial.

MeSH terms

Animals
Epidemiological Monitoring*
Humans
Immunity, Innate*
Virus Diseases / epidemiology*
Virus Diseases / immunology*