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Overview

Results from an early trial for a vaccine for Dengue fever. Patients were randomized into two groups. Patients in the treatment group received the vaccine, and those in the control group received a placebo. After 6 months, each patient was injected with a weaker virus of Dengue. Researchers subsequently took blood measurements, inspecting if any virus was present, and also reported if any rash developed.

Variables

• condition: What the patient received, either the vaccine or a placebo.
• virus.in.blood: Whether a patient had Dengue virus present in her / his blood.
• develop.rash: Whether a patient developed a rash.

Data Source

Nature.com article: "Dengue vaccine aces trailblazing trial".

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To access the data in R, type

source("http://www.openintro.org/books/statdata/dengue.R")

To access the data in SAS, type

filename dengue url 'http://www.openintro.org/books/statdata/dengue.csv'