Efforts at Rubella Elimination in the United States: The Impact of Hemispheric Rubella Control
| Autor: | Margarita Nava, Jon Kim Andrus, Carlos Castillo-Solórzano, Romeo Rodríguez, Gustavo H. Dayan, Susan E. Reef, Bradley S. Hersh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Male Microbiology (medical) Latin Americans Adolescent National Health Programs Rubella Rubella virus vaccine Disease patterns medicine Humans Rubella Vaccine Child Mexico Immunization Programs business.industry Vaccination virus diseases Central America medicine.disease Virology United States Latin America Infectious Diseases Rubella vaccination Female business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Infectious Diseases. 43:S158-S163 |
| ISSN: | 1537-6591 1058-4838 |
| DOI: | 10.1086/505949 |
| Popis: | We examined rubella vaccination trends, rubella surveillance, and disease patterns for the Americas, Mexico, and the United States, to evaluate the impact of hemispheric rubella control on rubella elimination in the United States during 1997-2004. In 1997, 130,375 rubella cases were reported in the Americas, with 38,042 reported in Mexico. Over the next 7 years, a rubella control initiative resulted in the administration of approximately 110 million rubella-containing vaccine doses in Latin America, with 77.7 million doses administered within Mexico. By 2004, the number of reported rubella cases had declined to 3103 in the Americas and 698 in Mexico. Concurrently, the number of rubella cases in the United States fell from 817 during 1997-1999 to |
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