Sentences with phrase «overall vaccination rates»

The program was originally established in the 1980s after numerous lawsuits filed against vaccine companies ran the risk of causing a vaccine shortage and reducing overall vaccination rates in the United States.

All cases of reverted live vaccines causing polio have been reported in areas with low overall vaccination rates.

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Vaccination with the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine - 7 [PCV7 — a vaccine that covers 7 strains (serotypes) of Streptococcus pneumoniae] is linked to overall decreases in the rate of serious infections caused by this bacterium, such as pneumonia and meningitis, referred to as invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD)-RSB-, but small increases in IPD caused by serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae not covered by the vaccine (referred to as non-vaccine type IPD), according to a study published in PLOS Medicine this week.

The authors say: «The most important public health implication of our analysis was that decreases in overall IPD rates in children — the group targeted for PCV7 vaccination — occurred quickly and were sustained after vaccine introduction despite increases in [non-vaccine serotype] rates.»

However, studies of children in developing countries, where most cases occur, found that measles vaccination reduces the overall death rate from infections for up to 5 years, suggesting that preventing the disease somehow provides protection against other illnesses.

The story features bioengineer Brian Hooker, who took issue with a 2004 CDC study that found no overall difference in vaccination rates between kids with and without autism.