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Causal DAG — vaccine effectiveness

Test-negative design with healthcare seeking as confounder.

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Vaccine effectiveness (test-negative design)VVaccinationIInfectionHHealthcare seekingADJUST FORAAge & comorbidityADJUST FOREImmune responseExposureOutcomeConfounderMediatorUnobservedIdentifiable — adjust for `Healthcare seeking` + `Age & comorbidity`.Adjust for `Healthcare seeking` + `Age & comorbidity` — a minimal sufficient set. Conditioning on those blocks every backdoor path from `Vaccination` to `Infectio…

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title "Vaccine effectiveness (test-negative design)"
exposure   V "Vaccination"
outcome    I "Infection"
confounder H "Healthcare seeking"
confounder A "Age & comorbidity"
mediator   E "Immune response"

V -> E
E -> I
H -> V
H -> I
A -> V
A -> I