OUR INCOMPLETE VACCINATION ACT.

Determinants of non-vaccination and incomplete vaccination in Canadian toddlers

Vaccination coverage remains suboptimal in Canada and sporadic outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles and pertussis continue to occur. This study was undertaken to identify sociodemographic determinants of total non-vaccination (having never received any vaccine), non-vaccination for measles (0 doses) and incomplete vaccination for pertussis (< 4 doses) among 2-year-old Canad...

Metagenomics reveals our incomplete knowledge of global diversity

Metagenomics reveals our incomplete knowledge of global diversity Miguel Pignatelli1,2, Gabriel Aparicio3, Ignacio Blanquer3, Vicente Hernández3, Andrés Moya1,2 and Javier Tamames1,2,∗ 1Instituto Cavanilles of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, Apdo 22085, 46071 Valencia, 2CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP) and 3Grid and High-performance Computing Gro...

Universal influenza vaccination: the time to act is now.

Annual influenza epidemics create a significant public health burden each year in the United States. That influenza continues to pose a public health threat despite being largely preventable through vaccination is indicative of continuing weaknesses in the U.S.'s public health system. Moreover, the burden of annual influenza epidemics and the fragility and instability of the capacity to respond...

rural-urban differences in reasons for incomplete vaccination in children under six years, southeast iran 2013

conclusions efforts to improve vaccination coverage should be taken into account regarding the differences in the factors that contribute to the incomplete vaccination status of children in the rural and urban areas. the current study findings indicate that vaccination services especially in the urban areas need to be reassessed to ensure that all children are covered. to develop and promote ch...

Image Reconstruction from Incomplete Data