Varicella epidemiology in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Autor:	Ávila-Agüero ML; a Servicio de Infectología del Hospital Nacional de Niños, 'Carlos Sáenz-Herrera , Pediatra Infectóloga , San José , Costa Rica., Beltrán S; b Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Servicio de Infectologia Pediátrica Clínicas Colsanitas Bogotá , Pediatra Infectologa , Bogotá , Colombia., Castillo JBD; c Centro Médico Universidad Central del Este , Pediatra Infectólogo , Santo Domingo , República Dominicana., Castillo Díaz ME; d Pediatra Infectóloga Profesor Principal de Pediatría de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Pediatra Infectóloga de la Oficina de Epidemiología del Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño (INSN) Lima , Perú., Chaparro LE; e Pediatra , Servicio de Pediatría del Hospital Cayetano Heredia , Lima , Perú., Deseda C; f Pediatrics, Medical Epidemiologist, Universidad Central del Caribe , Epidemiológa , San Juan , Puerto Rico., Debbag R; g Medico Infectologo Pediatra , Consejo de Administración Hospital de Pediatría , Buenos Aires , Argentina., Espinal C; h Public Health WDC , American Health Foundation , Washington , DC , USA., Falleiros-Arlant LH; i Pediatrics and Postgraduate-Medical School of the Metropolitan University of Santos , San Pablo , Brasil., González Mata AJ; j Pediatra infectologo , adscrito al Servicio de Infectologia del Hospital Universitario Pediatrico 'Agustin Zubillaga,' y profesor del Decanato de Medicina UCLA , Barquisimeto , Venezuela., Macías Parra M; k Pediatra Infectóloga Instituto Nacional de Pediatría México , Ciudad de México , México., Marques-Rosa F; l Manager of the Technical Unit for Surveillance of Respiratory Transmission and Immunopreventable Diseases - Ministry of Health , San Pablo , Brazil., Catalina Pírez M; m Profesora de Clínica Pediátrica, Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina Universidad de la República(UdelaR). Uruguay. Coordinadora de la Diplomatura de Profundización en Infectología Pediatrica, Escuela de Graduados de la Facultad de Medicina , Udelar , Montevideo , Uruguay., Vázquez-Rivera M; n Instituto Nacional de Pediatría , México.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Expert review of vaccines [Expert Rev Vaccines] 2018 Feb; Vol. 17 (2), pp. 175-183. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Dec 29.
DOI:	10.1080/14760584.2018.1418327
Abstrakt:	Introduction: The Latin American Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (SLIPE), with the support of the Americas Health Foundation (AHF), has developed a position paper on varicella prevention in Latin America and Caribbean countries (LAC). This article summarizes the most relevant aspects of varicella in LAC, and emphasizes the need to include the varicella vaccine in the national immunization programs in the Region and evaluate its impact disease burden. Areas Covered: A systematic review was conducted of the medical evidence published and presented at various regional medical conferences on the disease burden in LAC, the advances made by prevention programs, the available vaccines in the Region, and their immunogenicity, efficacy, effectiveness, and safety. The different national varicella-prevention vaccination programs were reviewed, as was available information regarding the impact of these programs on the epidemiology of varicella in those countries implementing a varicella vaccine strategy. Following that initial publication, an update was conducted, including data from additional countries in the Region. Expert Commentary: Varicella is a vaccine-preventable infectious disease, considered a 'benign disease' because of lower complication rates when compared with measles, pertussis. The incorporation of a two-dose varicella vaccine in national immunization schedules in all countries throughout LAC would be of great benefit to the health of the children.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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