Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is an important public health problem all over the world. Vaccination is one way to prevent it, and several strategies can be used depending on endemicity, the main pattern of HBV transmission and the demographic structure of the population. In this study, an economic comparison of 3 vaccination strategies (mass adolescent vaccination, mass infant vaccination a...

In Japan, the number of reports of rubella has increased since 2012, with 14,344 cases being reported in 2013. Rubella infection in a first-trimester pregnant woman could result in congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), which causes serious complications. Many municipalities across the country have implemented programs to control the spread, such as offering a subsidy for the vaccination. The aim o...

Before availability of varicella vaccine in the United States, an estimated 4 million varicella cases, 11,000-13,500 varicella-related hospitalizations, and 100-150 varicella-related deaths occurred annually. The varicella vaccination program was implemented in the United States in 1996 as a 1-dose routine childhood program. Based on data from two varicella active surveillance sites, the varice...

BACKGROUND Strategies for accelerated control of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) in Chile included mass vaccination of women of childbearing age in 1999 but did not include vaccination of adult men. METHODS We reviewed data from Chile's integrated surveillance system for measles, rubella, and CRS from 2004 through 2009 and describe the epidemiology of rubella outbreaks and imple...

Objectives. Rabies is a fatal acute viral zoonotic disease causing encephalomyelitis in humans and many other mammalian animals. Prophylaxis is vital since there is no treatment for rabies. This study was a comparison of antibody levels in patients who were vaccinated following different vaccinationprotocols. Methods. Eightyfive patients who were included in the rabies vaccination program who p...

As a results of the case report "Post-rotavirus vaccine intussusception in identical twins: a case report" recently published on Human Vaccines & Immunotherapy by La Rosa et al., the principal Sicilian Public Health Authorities decided to specify several points and underline some important details omitted by the authors. In particular, aims to underline the remarkable benefit for Sicilian Regio...

The pandemic caused by the new coronavirus infection remains topical health issue and constitutes serious threat to entire world. Nowadays, active immunization against type of continues in Russian Federation all other countries. Vaccination is crucial component comprehensive program for COVID-19 prevention control. Mass population can prevent both admissions hospitalization conditions high inci...

BACKGROUND The objective of this retrospective descriptive study was to determine whether the universal influenza vaccination for schoolchildren was effective in controlling influenza outbreaks in a school. A universal vaccination program for schoolchildren was started in Japan in the 1960s, but the government abandoned the program in 1994 because of lack of evidence that the program was effect...