Effectiveness of parental cocooning as a vaccination strategy to prevent pertussis infection in infants: A case-control study

Autor:	Robert S. Ware, Stephen B. Lambert, Ee Laine Tay, Lucinda J Franklin, Rosemary Lester, Stacey L Rowe, Marlena C. Kaczmarek, Nicola Stephens
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Whooping Cough Cocooning (immunization) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy 030225 pediatrics Statistical significance Outcome Assessment Health Care Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Sibling Pertussis Vaccine General Veterinary General Immunology and Microbiology business.industry Vaccination Infant Newborn Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Case-control study Infant Odds ratio Confidence interval Infectious Diseases Immunization Maternal Exposure Case-Control Studies Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects Molecular Medicine Female business Immunity Maternally-Acquired
Zdroj:	Vaccine. 36:2012-2019
ISSN:	0264-410X
Popis:	Background: During a pertussis epidemic in 2009, the Department of Health, Victoria, Australia, implemented a cocoon program offering parents of new babies a funded-dose of pertussis-containing vaccine. We assessed vaccine effectiveness (VE) of the program in reducing pertussis infection in infants. Methods: Using a matched case-control design, infants aged
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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