In short, each slide shows a sensitivity analysis of SCE(t), varying phi, beta_0, and beta_1. The time after HIV-infection, t, is given in months and varies from 1 to 24. Contours represent the estimated SCE(t) at a given level of sensitivity parameters. Shaded regions correspond to those sensitivity parameters where the Wald-based 95% confidence intervals for SCE(t) do not contain 0. Estimates in the dark-shaded regions imply that among those who would have been infected regardless of treatment assignment, vaccination lowered the probability of starting antiretrovirals by t months of infection diagnosis (was beneficial), whereas estimates in the light-shaded regions imply that vaccination increased the probability of starting antiretrovirals within t months (was harmful).
Please view using Firefox. The buttons at the bottom of the animation allow the user to start, pause, and fast-forward or rewind the animation to the desired month t.
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