Tetanus Vaccination and Extra-Immunization among Adult Populations: Eight-Year Follow Up Cohort Study of 771,443 Adults in Taiwan, 2006⁻2013.

ABSTRACT: Under-and extra-immunization of tetanus boosters are important issues to consider in reducing the burden of vaccine-preventable disease in adults. The present study aimed to analyze the trend of vaccination coverage (VC) and risk factors associated with extra-immunization of tetanus during an 8-year period using a national-scale cohort database. Taiwan's one-million representative research database, the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database (LHID2005) was used. A total of 771,443 adults aged between 20 and 79 years were enrolled and followed from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2013. VC at the beginning was as low as 35.1%, declining gradually and dropping to 33.9% at the end of follow-up. While a total of 303,480 tetanus boosters were used during the study period, more than half (55.5%) of

SUBMITTER: Liu SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6121571 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature