Parental vaccination to reduce measles immunity gaps in Italy.

ABSTRACT: High-income countries are experiencing measles reemergence as the result of suboptimal vaccine uptake and marked immunity gaps among adults. In 2017, the Italian Government introduced mandatory vaccination at school entry for ten infectious diseases, including measles. However, sustainable and effective vaccination strategies targeting adults are still lacking. We use a data-driven model of household demography to estimate the potential impact on future measles epidemiology of a novel immunization strategy, to be implemented on top of the 2017 regulation, which consists of offering measles vaccine to the parents of children who get vaccinated. Model simulations suggest that the current vaccination efforts in Italy would not be sufficient to interrupt measles transmission before 2045 becaus

SUBMITTER: Marziano V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6721460 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature