Timeliness of vaccination and its effects on fraction of vaccinated population

被引：87

作者：

Akmatov, Manas K. ^{[1
]}

Kretzschmar, Mirjam ^{[1
]}

Kraemer, Alexander ^{[1
]}

Mikolajczyk, Rafael T. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Bielefeld, Dept Publ Hlth Med, Sch Publ Hlth, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany

来源：

VACCINE | 2008年 / 26卷 / 31期

关键词：

childhood vaccination; age-appropriate vaccination; CIS countries;

D O I：

10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.05.031

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

Delayed vaccination against childhood diseases may lead to increased mortality and morbidity among children and also affect the fraction of vaccinated population necessary for elimination of a disease. The purpose of this study was to assess the extent of the delay in vaccinations in four countries belonging to Commonwealth of Independent States and to assess how the timeliness of vaccination affects the vaccination coverage. The fraction of children vaccinated with delay was substantial in all the studied countries, and the impact of differences between countries was stronger than individual risk factors assessed in this study. In presence of vaccination delay, up-to-date vaccination is a biased estimator of the fraction of vaccinated population. Age-appropriate vaccination should be taken into account when assessing vaccination coverage. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：3805 / 3811

页数：7