Bento-Abreu, André https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4715-3990
Vandekeere, Saar
Sönmez, Demet
Neves, Catarina
Mantaian, Tyler
Ethgen, Olivier
Aguiar-Ibáñez, Raquel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Merck
Article History
Received: 13 May 2025
Accepted: 16 June 2025
First Online: 24 July 2025
Declarations
:
: André Bento-Abreu and Saar Vandekeere are employees of MSD Belgium, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA. Demet Sönmez is an employee of MSD Sweden, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA. Catarina Neves and Tyler Mantaian have received consulting fees for their contributions to the study conception and design, material preparation, data collection, and analysis. Olivier Ethgen has received consulting fees from MSD, Pfizer, GSK, and Sanofi for advisory board participation and support of model design in the evaluation of vaccines. Raquel Aguiar-Ibáñez is an employee of Merck Canada, Inc., Kirkland, QC, Canada, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA.
: This was a modeling study using deidentified data with no human subjects; therefore, ethical approval was not required.